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CHARTER, BY-LAWS, OFFICERS, 

MEMBERS, 

REPORT OF 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

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170 CENTRAL PARK WEST 
1914 



CHARTER, BY-LAWS, OFFICERS, 

MEMBERS, (^ 9/ 

REPORT OF 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



OF 



Clje j^eto^gorJv flistorical ^octetp 



170 CENTRAL PARK WEST 
1914 






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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Elected January 6, 1914, for Three Years ending 1917. 



PRESIDENT, 

JOHN ABEEL WEEKES. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 

WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

WALTER LISPENARD SUYDAM. 

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT, 

GERARD BEEKMAN. 

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT, 

FRANCIS ROBERT SCHELL. 

FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON. 

DOMESTIC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

JAMES BENEDICT. 

RECORDING SECRETARY, 

FANCHER NICOLL. 

TREASURER, 

CLARENCE STORM. 

LIBRARIAN, 

ROBERT HENDRE KELBY. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



FIRST CLASS FOR ONE YEAR, ENDING 1915. 

CHARLES EUSTIS OR VIS, J. ARCHIBALD MURRAY, 
BENJAMIN W. B. BROWN. 

SECOND CLASS FOR TWO YEARS, ENDING 1916. 

ACOSTA NICHOLS, STANLEY W. DEXTER, 

JOHN WATSON GARY. 

THIRD CLASS FOR THREE YEARS, ENDING 1917. 

FREDERIC DELANO WEEKES, PAUL R. TOWNE, 
R. HORACE GALLATIN. 

FOURTH CLASS FOR FOUR YEARS, ENDING 1918. 

DANIEL PARISH, Jr., JAMES BENEDICT, 

ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON. 

DANIEL PARISH, Jr., Chairman. 

ROBERT H. KELBY, Secretary. 

[The President, Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, 
Treasurer, and Librarian are members of the Executive 
Committee.] 



TRUSTEES OF NEW BUILDING. 



JOHN ABEEL WEEKES, Chairman. 

ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON, 

Vice-Chairman. 

ROBERT HENDRE KELBY. 

WALTER L. SUYDAM. 

CLARENCE STORM, Secretary. 



CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Officers 3 

Executive Committee 4 

Trustees of New Building 6 

Original Act of Incobpobation 11 

Revival of Act of Incorporation 14 

Revival and Amendment of Act of Incorporation . . .15 

The Charter 17 

Act of Exemption 20 

Supplemental Act of Exemption 21 

Bt-Law^s 23 

Report of the Executive Committee 39 

Founders' Fund — Subscribers 35 

Abstract of the Report of the Treasurer 57 

Honorary Members 67 

Patrons 67 

Fellow^s 68 

Annual and Life Members 69 

Presidents of the Society 81 



ACTS OF INCORPORATION AND 
CHARTER. 



ORIGINAL ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

To incovporate The New-YorJc Historical Society. Passed 
February 10, 1809. 

Whereas, the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association under the 
name of " The !N"ew-York Historical Society," for the 
purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving what- 
ever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and eccle- 
siastical history of the United States in general, and of 
this State in particular, and have presented a petition to 
the Legislature to be incorporated, that thereby such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, may be the more 
effectually subserved and promoted; 

Therefore, 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State 
OF New- York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 
That Egbert Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin 
Moore, Samuel Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. 
Mitchill, David Hosack, John M. Mason, DeWitt Clinton, 
John McKesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, John 
Pintard, and John Forbes, and their associates, who now 
are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become mem- 
bers of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby ordained, 
constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, in 
fact and name, by the name of " The New- York Histori- 
cal Society," and that by such name they and their suc- 
cessors forever hereafter shall and may have succession, 

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12 THE NEW-YOKK i 1 ISIOKICAJ. SOCIETY. 

and by the same name be capable in law to sue and be 
sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered 
unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and 
equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, and 
matters whatsoever ; and that they and their successors 
may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, 
change, and renew at their pleasure, and by the same shall 
be forever hereafter capable in the law -to purchase, take, 
hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, or 
estate, real or personal, of whatever nature or quality in 
fee simple for life or lives, or for years, or in any other 
manner whatsoever: Provided alivays, that the yearly in- 
come or value of the said real or personal estate do not 
at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, 
current money of the State of ISTew-York. 

2. And it is hereby further enacted. That they and 
their successors by the same name, shall have power and au- 
thority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, and 
convey to others the whole or any part of such real or 
personal estate on such terms, and in such manner and 
form as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve 
and promote such, the purpose and design of the said 
Society, and that they and their successors shall - have 
power, from time to time, to abolish any of the offices or 
appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create others 
in their room, with such powers and duties as they may 
think fit to confer and prescribe, and shall have power 
from time to time to make, constitute, ordain, and estab- 
lish such constitutions, by-laws, ordinances, and regula- 
tions as they shall judge proper for the election of oflS- 
eers, the election and admission of new members, for the 
government and regulation of the officers and members, 
for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said 
corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and manag- 
ing all the affairs and business of the said corporation, 
and the same from time to lime to alter, change, repeal, 



ORIGINAL ACT OF INCORPORATION. 13 

revoke, and aniiiil at their pleasure ; and that the consti- 
tntion and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said So- 
ciety heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed 
by the said corporation : Provided, that such by-laws, con- 
stitutions and regulations made or to be made by the said 
corporation, shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and 
laws of the United States or of this State. 

3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the 
said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said corpora- 
tion, shall consist of one President, two Vice-Presidents, 
a Correspondent Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a 
Treasurer, a Librarian, and standing Committee of seven 
members ; and that until the next annual meeting of the 
said Society, and until others shall be chosen in their 
places, the present officers and committees last appointed 
by the said Society shall be and continue respectively the 
officers of the said corporation. 

4. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be 
and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be con- 
strued most favorably to subserve and promote such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, and that no mis- 
nomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, testa- 
ment, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument of contract 
or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same, Provided 
the said corporation shall be sufficiently described to show 
the intention of the parties. 

5. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be 
and remain in full force for the term of fifteen years: 
Provided, nevertheless, that in case the aforesaid Society 
shall at any time appropriate their, or any part of their 
funds to any purpose or purposes other than those con- 
templated by this act, and shall be thereof convicted by 
due course of law, that henceforth the said corporation 
shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and per- 
sonal, whereof it may be seized and possessed, shall vest 
in the people of this State. 



REVIVAL 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

For reneiving and continuing in force an Act entitled " An 
Act to incorporate The New-York Historical Society," 
passed February 10, 1809. Passed February 10, 
1826. 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
New- York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 
That the act entitled " An Act to incorporate The New- 
York Historical Society," passed February 10, 1809, shall 
be and the same is hereby revived and extended and con- 
tinued in force until the tenth day of February, which will 
be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-nine. And the said act shall be taken and consid- 
ered to have been in full force and effect, since the time 
of the passing thereof, in the same manner as if the same 
had not expired by its own limitation. 

2. And be it further enacted, That the officers last 
appointed by the said Society or Corporation, pursuant to 
the provisons of the said act shall be, and continue to be, 
officers of the said Corporation, till others shall be duly 
chosen in their respective places. And the estate and 
property which the said Society or Corporation may have 
legally acquired, or which they may legally hold, pur- 
suant to the said act, they may continue to hold, and may 
convey and dispose of the same, in the same maimer as 
if the said act had always continued in full force and 
effect. 

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REVIVAL AND AJNIENDMENT 



OF THE 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

To revive and continue in force an Act entitled " An Act 
to incorporate The New-Yorh Historical Society," 
passed February 10, 1809, and to amend the same. 
Passed February 2, 18Jf6, by a two-third vote. 

The People of the State of New-York^ repre- 
sented IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

1. The Act entitled '' An Act to incorporate The New- 
York Historical Society," passed February 10, 1809, is 
hereby revived and continued in force. 

2. The said act so revived and continued in force is 
hereby amended by striking out at the end of the first 
section thereof the words, " Provided always that the 
yearly income, or value of the said real or personal es- 
tate, do not at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hun- 
dred dollars, current money of the State of New-York;" 
and inserting in the place thereof the words, " but the 
clear yearly income of the said real and personal estate, 
over and above the Library and collections of the said 
Society, shall not at* any time exceed the sum of ten thou- 
sand dollars." 

3. The said revived act is hereby further amended, by 
striking out in the fifth line of the third section thereof 
the words " a Correspondent Secretary," and inserting 
in the place thereof the words, " a foreign corresponding 
secretary and domestic corresponding secretary." 

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16 THE NEW-YORK. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

4. The said revived act is hereby further amended by 
striking out in the first part of the fifth section thereof the 
words, " That this act shall be and remain in full force for 
the term of fifteen years : Provided, nevertheless." 

5. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this 
act. 

6. This act shall take efi"ect immediately. 



THE CHARTER. 



TJie Charter of The New-York Historical Society as re- 
vived, continued in force and amended, February 2, 
18Jf6. 

Whereas, the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association nnder the 
name of " The ISTew-York Historical Society," for the 
purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving what- 
ever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and eccle- 
siastical history of the United States in general, and of 
til is State in particular, and have presented a petition to 
the Legislature to be incorporated, that thereby such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, may be the more 
effectually subserved and promoted ; 

Therefore, 

§ I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
New-York, represented in the Senate and Assembly^ 
That Egbert Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin 
Moore, Samuel Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. 
Mitchill, David Hosack, John M. Mason, DeWitt Clin- 
ton, John McKesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, 
John Pintard, and John Forbes, and their associates, who 
now are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become 
members of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby or- 
dained, constituted, and declared a body corporate and 
politic, in fact and name, by the name of " The New- 
York Historical Society," and that by such name they 
and their successors forever hereafter shall and may have 
succession, and by the same name be capable in law to sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be an- 
swered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law 
and equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, and 

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18 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

matters whatsoever; and that thej and their successors 
may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, 
change, and renew at their pleasure, and by the same be 
forever hereafter capable in the law to purchase, take, 
hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, or 
estate, real and personal, of whatever nature or quality, in 
fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, or in any other 
manner whatsoever; but the clear yearly income of the 
said real and personal estate, over and above the Library 
and collections of the said Society, shall not at any time 
exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. 

§ II. And it is hereby further enacted. That they 
and their successors, by the same name, shall have power 
and authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, 
and convey to others, the whole or any part of such real or 
personal estate on such terms, and in such manner and 
form as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve 
and promote such, the purpose and design of the said 
Society; and that they and their successors shall have 
power, from time to time, to abolish any of the offices or 
appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create others in 
their room, with such powers and duties as they may 
think fit to confer and prescribe, and shall have power 
from time to time to make, constitute, ordain, and estab- 
lish such constitutions, by-laws, ordinances, and regula- 
tions as they shall judge proper for the election of offi- 
cers, the election and admission of new members, for the 
government and regulation of the officers and members, 
for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said 
corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and manag- 
ing all the affairs and business of the said corporation; 
and the same from time to time to alter, change, repeal, 
revoke, and annul at their pleasure; and that the consti- 
tution and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said So- 
ciety heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed 



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by the said corporation: Provided, that such by-laws, con- 
stitutions and regulations, made or to be made by the said 
corporation, shall not be repugnant to the Constitution 
and laws of the United States, or of this State. 

§ III. And be it further enacted, That the officers 
of the said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said 
corporation, shall consist of one President, two Vice- 
Presidents, a Foreign Corresponding Secretary, a Do- 
mestic Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, 
a Treasurer, a Librarian, and standing Committee of 
seven members; and that until the next annual meeting 
of the said Society, and until others shall be chosen in 
their places, the present officers and committees last ap- 
pointed by the said Society shall be and continue respec- 
tively the officers of the said corporation. 

§ IV. And be it further enacted^ That this act shall 
be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be 
construed most favorabh^ to subserve and promote such, 
the purpose and design of the said Society, and that no 
misnomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, tes- 
tament, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument of con- 
tract or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same: Pro- 
vided the said corporation shall be sufficiently described 
to show the intention of the parties. 

§ V. And be it further enacted. That in case the 
aforesaid Society shall at any time appropriate their, or 
any part of their funds to any purpose or purposes other 
than those contemplated by this act, and shall be thereof 
convicted by due course of law, that thenceforth the said 
corporation shall cease and determine, and the estate, real 
and personal, whereof it may be seized and possessed, shall 
vest in the people of this State. 

§ VI. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal 
this act. 

§ VII. This act shall take effect immediately. 



ACT OF EXEMPTION. 



An Act to exempt tlie Library edifice and site of The New- 
York Historical Society from sale under execution. 
Passed April 12, 1856. 

The People of the State of jSTew-York, repre- 
sented IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

§ 1. In case " The I^ew-York Historical Society," in 
the City of l^ew-York, shall by voluntary contributions of 
its members and others, raise sufficient money for the 
purchase of a site in the City of Xew-York, and the erec- 
tion thereon of a suitable fire-proof building for the re- 
ception and preservation of the library and collections, 
and for the general uses of said Society, and shall appro- 
priate said moneys for such purpose, then such site and 
the building which may be erected thereon shall be ex- 
empt from sale on execution for debts hereafter contracted 
by said Society, so long as such site shall be used by such 
Society ; but such exemption shall not extend to any debt 
contracted for the erection of such building. 

§ 2. The said New- York Historical Society shall not 
encumber said property by mortgage or otherwise. 

§ 3. To entitle any property to the exemption speci- 
fied in this Act, the said Society shall execute a declara- 
tion of the uses of said property, with a particular de- 
scription of the same, which shall be recorded in the office 
of the register of the City and County of New York ; but 
no property shall, by virtue of this act, be exempt from 
sale for non-payment of taxes and assessments, or for 
debt contracted for the purchase thereof, or prior to the 
recording of the aforesaid declaration. 

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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SUPPLEMENTAL ACT OF EXEMPTION. 



An Act Supplemental to Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1856, 
entitled "An Act to exempt the Library edifice and 
site of The New-York Historical Society from sale 
under execution." Laics of Neiu-Yorh, 1889, Chap- 
ter Jf64. 

Approved by the Governor, June 13, 1889. Passed, 
three-fifths being present. 

The People of the State of New-Yokk, repre- 
sented IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

§ 1. In case " The jSTew-York Historical Society," in 
the City of New- York, shall, by voluntary contributions 
of its members and others, raise sufficient money for the 
purchase of a larger and more eligible site in the City of 
Xew-York, and for the erection thereon of a more com- 
modious and extensive fire-proof building for the recep- 
tion and preservation of its library and collections, and 
for the general uses of said Society, and shall appropriate 
such money for said purposes, and shall execute a dec- 
laration of the uses of said property with a particular 
description of the same, and shall cause the said declara- 
tion to be recorded in the office of the register of the City 
and County of I^ew-York, it is hereby authorized to sell 
and convey by deed, executed and acknowledged by its 
President and Secretary, the real estate and building now 
held by it, and which were exempted from sale on exe- 
cution by Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1856, entitled " An 
Act to exempt the Library edifice and site of The New- 
York Llistorical Society from sale under execution " ; 
and thereupon such new site and the building which may 

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be erected thereon shall be exempt from sale on execu- 
tion for debts hereafter contracted by said Society, so 
long as such site shall be used by such Society, but such 
exemption shall not extend to any debt contracted for the 
erection of such building, 

§ 2. The said Society is hereby authorized to hold 
such real and personal estate as may be necessary for the 
purposes of its incorporation, and such historical, literary, 
art, and archaeological collections as it may acquire; but 
the yearly income of the said real and personal estate, 
over and above the sum which may be devoted to the in- 
crease and preservation of its library and collections, shall 
not at any time exceed the sum of one hundred thousand 
dollars. 

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



BY-LAWS. 

REVISED DECEMBER 2, 1913. 



BV-LAWS. 



NAME. 

I. The name of this Society is "The jSTew-York Histori- 
cal Society." 

OBJECT. 

II. The object of the Society is to discover, procure and 
preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary and 
ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and of 
the State of New York in particular. Also to establish and 
maintain collections in art and archaeology. 

MEMBERS, FELLOWS AND PATRONS. 

III. The Society shall consist of Members, Fellows, 
Patrons and Honorary Members. Not more than four Hon- 
orary Members shall be elected in any one year. Members, 
Fellows and Patrons only shall be entitled to vote or hold 
office in the Society. The number of Members of the Society 
shall not exceed one thousand. 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS, FELLOWS AND PATRONS. 

IV. a. The candidates shall be proposed publicly at a meet- 
ing of the Society by a member thereof ; and the nominations, 
together with the names of the members making them, shall 
be entered on the minutes, and be referred to the Executive 
Committee. The Reports of that Committee recommending 
candidates for election shall be openly read to the Society at 
a meeting subsequent to that at which the nominations were 
made; and if any member demand a ballot, the election shall 
be by ])allot, and three negative votes shall exclude. If no 
ballot be demanded, the candidates, so recommended, shall 
be declared duly elected members of the Society. 

b. The contribution of five tliousand dollars to the funds 
of the Society shall entitle the person giving the same to be 
nominated by the Executive Committee for election as a 

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26 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIEIT. 

Patron of the Society, and such Patron shall have the right 
in perpetuity with the privilege of appointing a successor. 

No future appointment of a successor shall be valid un- 
less the same shall be in writing, indorsed on or attached to 
the certificate, or by last will or testament. Should neither 
of these conditions be complied with, the Executors or Ad- 
ministrators may nominate a successor, subject to the approval 
of the Executive Committee. 

c. The contribution of one thousand dollars shall entitle 
the person giving the same to be elected a Fellow for life. 
Patrons and Fellows shall be nominated by the Executive 
Committee. 

d. Any person may be nominated by the Executive Com- 
mittee to either of the above degrees who shall have given to 
the Society Books, Manuscripts, Collections of Art or Archae- 
ology, which shall have been accepted by the Executive Com- 
mittee, to the value of twice the amount in money requisite 
to his or her admission to the same degree, said value to be 
appraised by the Executive Committee ; and the President and 
Secretary shall issue diplomas accordingly under the seal of 
the Society. 

FEES AND DUES. 

V. Each Member shall on admission pay an initiation fee 
of Twenty Dollars, which shall be considered to include an- 
nual dues for the current year; and annually thereafter Ten 
Dollars as dues, payable in advance on the first day of Janu- 
ary. Any Member may commute for life all fees and dues 
by the payment at any one time of the sum of One Hundred 
Dollars. Should any Member fail to pay the said fees and 
dues for one year, or at any time refuse to pay the same, the 
Executive Committee shall erase his name from the list of 
Members, and he shall no longer be a Member of the Society. 

OFFICERS. 

VI. The Officers of the Society shall be a President, a First 
Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Third Vice-Presi- 
dent, a Fourth Vice-President, a Foreign Corresponding Sec- 



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retary, a Domestic Corresponding Secretary, a Eecording 
Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian. 

All the Officers above named shall be elected to serve a term 
of three years, and shall hold office until their successors be 
elected. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 

VII. Seven persons on the list of Members of the Society, 
not holding office at the time, shall be chosen by ballot by 
the Executive Committee, at a stated meeting in N'ovember, 
who shall be reported to the Society at the December meeting 
before the election of officers, and when approved by a vote by 
ballot of the Society, shall constitute a committee to be known 
as the Nominating Committee; such Nominating Committee 
shall report in writing the names of Members of the Society 
suitable to be elected officers for three years, fifteen days be- 
fore said election, by posting such names publicly in the 
Library of the Society, and they shall cause to be prepared 
ballots containing the names and the office for which each 
is thus recommended for the term of three years. No ticket 
for officers shall be voted on which has not been openly posted 
in the Library of the Society at least ten days before said 
election. 

In case more than one ballot for a Nominating Committee 
be required to effect a choice, the same shall be taken immedi- 
ately without discussion. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

VIII. The President, Vice-Presidents, Eecording Secretary, 
Treasurer and Librarian, together with twelve other members 
to be appointed by the President, and of whom one-fourth 
shall be appointed every year, shall constitute a standing Com- 
mittee to be called "The Executive Committee." 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

IX. An election of officers by ballot shall take place on 
the first Tuesday of January, 1914, and on every third year 
thereafter. At such election a majority of the ballots given 
for any officer shall constitute a choice; but if, on the first 



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THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a further 
balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of votes given 
for any officer shall determine the choice. 

AVhenever the first Tuesday of January phall be the first 
day of January, the election above provided for shall be held 
on the Tuesday next following. 

VACAXCIES. 

X. If a vacancy shall happen in any of the offices of the 
Society, it may be filled by special election at a stated meet- 
ing of the Society; and the person so elected to fill a vacancy 
shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his immediate 
predecessor in office, and until another shall be elected in his 
place. Vacancies in Committees shall be filled immediately 
on their occurrence, and in the manner of the original ap- 
pointment of the Committee. 

STATED AXD SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

XL The Society shall meet statedly for the transaction of 
business, in its building, on the first Tuesday in every months 
unless otherwise specially ordered; and the stated meeting 
in the month of January shall be the Annual Meeting. But 
the President, or in his absence, either of the A'ice-Presidents, 
ma}^, and upon the written request of fifteen members shall, 
call a special meeting, giving seven days' notice thereof by 
mail to each member. 

Whenever the first Tuesday of any month shall be a legal 
holiday, the meeting herein provided for shall be held on 
the Tuesday next following. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

XII. x4t the stated meetings of the Society the following 
shall be the order of business : 

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 
• 2. Eeports and communications from officers of the Society. 

3. Reports of the Executive and other standing Committees. 

4. Reports of special Committees. 

5. Election of members previously proposed. 



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6. Xomiuation of new members. 

7. Papers read and addresses delivered before the Society. 

8. ]Miscellaneou3 business. 

ANXIVEPiSARY. 

Xni. Tlie third Tuesday of jSTovember in each year, l)eing 
the anniversary of the founding of the Society, the Executive 
Committee may direct a proper observance of the same. 

QUORUM. 

XIY. At all meetings of the Society, fifteen members shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

XV. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice- 
Presidents, or, in their absence, a Chairman pro tempore, shall 
preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a cast- 
ing vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all ques- 
tions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. He shall 
also appoint all Committees authorized l3y the Society unless 
otherwise specially ordered. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

XVI. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the 
general correspondence of the Society. They shall, at every 
meeting of the Society, report such letters and communica- 
tions as they may have received ; they shall prepare all letters 
to be written in connection with the business or objects of 
the Society, and transmit the same ; but the Society may ap- 
point a Committee to prepare a letter or letters, on any special 
occasion. They shall notify all members of their election, 
and of such other matters as they shall be directed by the 
Society; and shall transmit to them their proper diplomas, 
or certificates of membership. They shall keep, in suitable 
books to be provided for that purpose, true copies of all 
letters written on behalf of the Society; and shall carefully 
preserve said copies and the originals of all letters and com- 
munications received, and shall deposit the same in the 
Library. 



30 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

The duties of the Foreign Corresponding Secretary shall 
be limited to the correspondence with individuals or associate 
bodies in foreign countries; and those of the Domestic Cor- 
responding Secretary shall, in like manner, be confined to the 
United States, except that, in the absence of either of these 
officers, or during a vacancy in either office, its duties shall be 
performed by the remaining incumbent until such absence 
shall terminate or the vacancy be supplied. 

RECORDIXG SECRETARY. 

XYII. The Eecording Secretary shall have the charge of 
the Seal, Charter, B^'-Laws and Records of the Society. He, 
together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of 
the Society. He shall, under the direction of the President, 
or either of the Vice-Presidents, give due notice of the time 
and place of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same. 
He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceed- 
ings and orders of the Society; and shall give notice to the 
several officers, and to the Executive and other Committees, 
of all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings of the Society, 
affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties. 

TREASURER. 

XVIII. The Treasurer shall collect and receive from the 
Trust Company, which may from time to time be designated 
by the Executive Committee as custodian of the securities and 
funds of the Society, all the income from the securities and 
investments of the Society and the same shall be forthwith de- 
posited by him, together with all other moneys collected or 
received by him, in some Bank or Trust Company in this 
City, to the credit of "The New York Historical Societ}^" 
and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for 
the purposes of the Society only. Out of said income he shall 
pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society or by 
the Executive Committee. He shall keep a true account of 
his receipts and payments, and at each Annual Meeting render 
the same to the Society, when a Committee shall be appointed 
to audit his accounts. He shall also procure a statement 
from said custodian of all the securities of said Society held 



BY-LAWS. 31 

by it, and the income received therefrom, immediately before 
the Annual Meeting, and shall render the same to the Society 
at said meeting. 

LIBRARIAN. 

XIX. The Librarian, in connection with the Executive 
Committee, shall have the charge and superintendence of 
the Library, and the care and arrangement of the books, 
manuscripts and other articles belonging to the Society. He 
shall cause to be prepared and kept a proper catalogue and 
list of the same. He shall acknowledge the receipt of do- 
nations to the Society in his department. He shall expend in 
the purchase of books and other articles, and for their safe 
keeping and preservation, with the approbation of the Execu- 
tive Committee, such sums of money as shall from time to 
time be appropriated for that purpose, and render vouchers 
for the same to the Executive Committee. He shall make 
to the Society, at each Annual Meeting, a full report on the 
condition and progress of the Library and collections. He 
shall have power to employ, at a salary to be fixed by the 
Executive Committee, an Assistant Librarian, who shall be 
under his direction and perform such duties as he may assign, 
and such other assistants as the Executive Committee may 
approve. 

LIBRARY REGULATIONS. 

XX. The following shall be the regulations for the use of 
the Library : 

1. No book or manuscript shall at any time be lent to any 

person to be removed from the Library. 

2. No manuscript in the Library, nor any paper read be- 

fore the Society and deposited in its archives, shall 
be published, except by the direction of the Society, or 
with the consent of the Executive Committee. 

3. The Library shall be open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. daily, 

Sundays excepted, and holidays provided for in By- 
Law XXIII. 

4. During such hours, any member of the Society may 

have free access to consult any book or manuscript, 



32 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

except such as may be designated by the Executive 
Committee, and to make extracts from the same under 
the authority of the Librarian. Any person, not a 
member, may obtain the like privilege of consultation 
from the President or Librarian, if known to them, 
or upon the recommendation of some other member, 
to whom the applicant is known. But no person, not 
a member, shall be permitted to make extracts from 
the manuscripts of the Society, excepting the donors 
or depositors of the same, without special authority 
from the Executive Committee. 
5. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to report to the 
Executive Committee any injury done to any book 
or manuscript by any person consulting the same; 
and the said Committee may, at their discretion, lay 
such reports before the Society. For any such injury 
the person doing it shall make such pecuniary com- 
pensation as the said Committee shall judge proper; 
and if he be not a member, the Committee shall have 
power to prohibit him from further access to the 
Library. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

XXI. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to 
solict and receive donations for the Society; to recommend 
plans for promoting its objects; to digest and prepare busi- 
ness; to authorize the disbursement and expenditure of un- 
appropriated moneys in the Treasury, for the payment of 
salaries, current expenses, fitting up the Library, the ordinary 
purchase of books, binding, printing and other necessary out- 
lays. They shall have power to employ such persons as may 
be necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of 
the Society ; and to prescribe their duties, and fix their salaries. 
They shall, in connection with the Librarian, have charge 
of the arrangement and regulation of the Library and col- 
lections; and shall have authority at any time to examine 
into the condition of the same, and into the state of the 
finances; as also generally to superintend the interests of the 
Society, and execute all such duties as may from time to time 
be committed to them by the Society. At each Annual Meet- 



BY-LAWS. 33 

ing of the Society they shall make a general report. Except 
during the summer vacation of the Society, they shall meet 
statedly for the transaction of business, once at least, in every 
month; and if any member of the Committee, not an officer 
of the Society, shall be absent from its meetings for three 
successive months, without reasons therefor satisfactory to the 
Committee, his place on the Committee shall be vacated, which 
fact shall be reported by the Committee to the Society. They 
shall designate some Trust Company doing business in the 
Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, as the custodian 
of all moneys, and any or all securities belonging to the 
Society ; and all such securities shall be so deposited with said 
Trust Company, subject onl}' to be withdrawn from said Trust 
Company by resolution of the Executive Committee of the 
Society duly certified by its Secretary. 

At all meetings of the Executive Committee, five members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON COMMITTEES. 

XXII. All Committees of the Society, other than the 
Executive Committee, and Nominating Committee, shall be 
composed of three members, unless otherwise specially ordered. 

THE COLLECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 

XXIII. The Art Galleries and Museum of the Society 
shall be open to the Public daily from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., 
Sundays excepted, and on Holidays other than Cliristmas, 
New Years and July 4th, from 1 to 5 P. M. 

The Building shall be closed during each month of August 
for cleaning and repairs. 

ALTERATION OF BY-LAWS. 

XXIY. No alteration in the By-Laws of the Society shall 
be made, unless such alteration shall have been openly ])ro- 
posed at a previous meeting, and entered on the minutes, 
with the name of the member proposing the same ; and shall 
be adopted by a majority of the members present at a stated 
meeting of the Society. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE 

1913 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE 

1918 



In accordance with the By-Laws of the Society the Execu- 
tive Committee submits herewith the Annual Eeport for 1913. 

MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 

During the past year besides the annual and anniversary 
meeting, eight stated meetings were held at which the follow- 
ing illustrated lectures were delivered : 

January 7th. — Annual Meeting of the Society. 

February 4th. — "The United States Army in the War of 
1812." By Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D., L.H.D. 

March 4th.— "The United States ?^avy in the War of 1812." 
By Edward Trenchard. 

April 1st. — "The Panama Canal." By Farnham Bishop. 
Son of Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Secretary of the Isthmian 
Canal Commission. 

May 6th. — "Curiosities of New York History." By Albert 
Ulmann. 

June 3rd. — "Captain James Lawrence, U. S. N." By 
Miss Mary V. Worstell. 

October 7th. — "Perry's Victory on Lake Erie." By Charles 
William Burrows. 

November 11th.— "Old New York Churches." By Thomas 
J. Burton. 

November 18th. — One Hundred and Ninth Anniversary of 
the Founding of the Society. "Safeguards of American 
Democracy." By Charles Alexander Richmond, D.D., LL.D., 
President of Union College. 

December 2nd. — "New York in tlie Pre-Revolutionary 
Period, 17nr)-l774." By Robert Hendre Kelby, Librarian 
of the Society. 

37 



38 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

J. Pierpont Morgan was elected a Patron to succeed his 
father, the late J. Pierpont Morgan; and Theodorus Bailey, 
M.D., elected a Patron to succeed the late Catharine Augusta 
De Peyster. Mary Mackeye Greenwood, Eliza Eudd Green- 
wood and Mrs. Byam Kerby Stevens were elected Fellows. 
Twelve members were elected during the year of which eleven 
qualified; twenty resigned and twenty-one names were 
dropped from the list of Members. 
The new members are as follows : 

Eichard Webber, Jr. Frederick C. Zabriskie. 

Charles D. Sinclair. Mrs. Nathaniel McKay. 

Edward H. Daly. Frank Price. 

George T. Jackson, M.D. William B. Eogers. 

Mrs. William B. Wood. David W. Cromwell. 

Miss Grace Kneale. 

NECROLOGY FOR 1913. 

To the list of deceased members twenty-nine names were 
added as follows : 

Charles E. Appleby, a Life Member since 1857, died Dec. 15th. 
Frederic Baker, member since 189S, died June 15th. 
Frederick Billings, a Life Member since 1893, Fellow 1904, 

died May 15th. 
George S. Bowdoin, a Life Member since 1907, died Dec. 16tli. 
Charles A. Briggs, D.D., a Life Member since 1884, died 

June 8 th. 
Addison Brown, Member since 1863, died April 9th. 
Matthew Clarkson, a Life Member since 1853, died March 

12th. 
Price Collier, a Life Member since 1905, died Nov. 3rd. 
Samuel B. Haines, a Life Member since 1877, died Oct. 10th. 
William G. Hamilton, Member since 1889, died Jan. 23rd. 
William F. Havemeyer, a Life Member since 1891, died 

Sept. 7th. 
George A. Hearn, a Life Member since 1895, died Dec. 1st. 
William Warner Hoppin, Member since 1871, died Jan. 3rd. 
John B. Ireland, Member since 1886, died Oct. 11th. 



EEPOKT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 39 

Theodore P. Jackson, a Life Member since 1897, Fellow 1904, 

died June 18tli. 
Jay Jarvis, a Life Member since 1863, died May 6th. 
Louis Katz, Member since 1911, died Jan. 5th. 
Patrick F. McGowan, a Life Member since 1907, died 

April 6th. 
Walter H. Mead, Member since 1910. 

George W. Montgomery, Member since 1910, died Dec. 23rd. 
J. Pierpont Morgan, Member since 1881, Patron 1904, died 

March 31st. 
Frederick Aycrigg Pell, a Life Member since 1877, died 

Jan. 9th. 
William Gerry Slade, Member since 1907, died Jan. 10th. 
Cornelius B. Smith, D.D., a Life Member since 1867, died 

June 22nd. 
Anson Phelps Stokes, a Life Member since 1891, died June 

28th. 
Francis G. Van Woert, a Life Member since 1857, died 

Jan. 18th. 
Herman C. Von Post, a Life Member since 1895, Fellow 1904, 

died Oct. 10th. 
Eev. John Henry Watson, a Life Member since 1902, died 

Oct. 31st. 
Louis Windmiiller, a Life Member since 1891, died Oct. 1st. 

The present number of members is : 

Honorary 11 

Patrons 19 

Fellows 29 

Life 486 

Annual 374 

Total 919 

Membership other than Patrons and Fellows is limited to 
one thousand. 

FINANCES. 

The report of the Treasurer shows a continuance of the 
careful management of the funds of the Society. Adhering 
to its establislied policy, the institution has no debts, no mort- 



40 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

gage upon its building or collections, and no outstanding bills. 
The income during the past year from all sources, including 
balance carried over from 1913 for general purposes, was 
$41,017.27. The expenditures were $39,635.73. The receipts 
comprise fees of initiation, life memberships, annual dues and 
interest from the investment of the following funds: 

The Isaiah Thomas Fund. The legacy of Isaiah Thomas 
of Worcester, Mass., in 1832, $300. 

The Elizabeth Demilt Fund. The legacy of Miss Eliz- 
abeth Demilt, of New York, in 1849, $5,000. 

The Seth Grosvenor Fund. The legacy of Seth Gros- 
venor, of New York, in 1858, $10,000. 

The David E. Wheeler Fund. The legacy of David E. 
Wheeler, of New York, in 1870, $1,000. 

The Thomas Barron Fund. The legacy of Thomas Bar- 
ron, of New York, in 1875, $10,000. 

The Eichard E. Mount Fund. The legacy of Eichard 
E. Mount, of New York, in 1880, $1,000. 

The Edward Bill Fund. The legacy of Edward Bill, 
of New York, in 1884, $5,000. 

The Mary Eogers Fund. The legacy of Mrs. Charles 
H. Eogers, of New York, in 1891, $1,000. 

The James Francis Evans Fund. The legacy of Cap- 
tain James Francis Evans, of New York, in 1893, $1,000. 

The Henry Keteltas Fund. The legacy of Henry 
Keteltas, of New York, in 1898, $5,000. 

The Charles P. Daly Fund. The legacy of Charles P. 
Daly, of New York, in 1900, $5,000. 

The Maria Branson Mount Fund. The legacy of Miss 
Maria Branson Mount, of New York, in 1901, $1,000. 

The Charlotte A. Mount Fund. The legacy of Miss 
Charlotte A. Mount, of New York, in 1906, $2,000. 

The Amos F. Eno Fund. The gift of Mr. Amos F. Eno, 
1908, $20,000. 

The Caroline Phelps Stokes Fund. Tlie legacy of 
Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, of New York, in 1910, $1,000. 

The Founders' Fund. Subscribed by members of the 
Society, with interest, $7,381.20. The initiation and life 
membership fees for 1913 amounting to $380 has been 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 41 

added to the fund. The Committee is desirous of increasing 
this fund to $10,000. Subscriptions will be received of any 
amount from $10 upward. 

MEMOKIAL FUNDS OF OFFICERS. 

The Committee has set aside the sum of twenty- five thou- 
sand dollars, part of the proceeds of the sale of the old 
building, as a Memorial of the Founder and the first eleven 
Presidents of the Society, as follows : 

John Pintard Founder 

Egbert Benson 1st President 1805-1815 . 

Gouverneur Morris 2d " 1816 



DeWitt Clinton 3d '' 1817-1819 . 

David Hosack, M.D 4tli " 1820-1827 . 

James Kent otli " 1828-1831 . 

Morgan Lewis 6th " 1832-1835 . 

Peter Gerard Stuyvesant.. 7th " 1836-1839. 

Peter Augustus Jay 8th " 1840-1842. 

Albert Gallatin 9th " 1843-1849 . 

Luther Bradish 10th " 1850-1863 . 

Frederic de Pevster 11th " 1861-1866. 



$4,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
1,000 
2,000 
2,000 



The above sum in addition to the memorial funds of the 
Presidents received by the Society amount to $91,000 and 
comprise the following names : 

MEMORIAL FUNDS OF THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENTS OF THE 

SOCIETY. 

John Pintard Founder $4,000 

Egbert Benson President 1805-1815 2,000 

Gouverneur Morris " 1816 2,000 

DeWitt Clinton " 1817-1819 2,000 

David Hosack, M.D.. . . " 1820-1827 2,000 

James Kent " 1828-1831 2,000 

Morgan Lewis " 1832-1835 2,000 

Peter Gerard Stuyvesant " 1836-1839 2,000 

Peter Augustus Jay " 1840-1842 2,000 

Albert Gallatin " 1843-1849 

The gift of Mr. Frederic Gallatin $1,000 

From the Society 1,000 2,000 



42 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Luther Bradisli President 1850-1863 2,000 

Frederic de Peyster " 1861-1866 2,000 

Augustus Scheil " 1883-1881 5,000 

The legacy of Augustus Scheil, 1884, 
John Alsop King President 1887-1900 10,000 

The legacy of his daughter Mary Ehine- 
lander King. 
Eugene Augustus Hoffman. .President 1901-1902 50,000 

The legacy of Dean Hoffman, 1902. 

The Committee urge the importance of extending the list 
of these funds to embrace all the honored names of the Presi 
dents of the Society, as well as other officers, so as to enlarge 
our endowment funds, the interest of which to be used only, 
the principal kept intact. 

SPECIAL FUNDS. 

The John Divixe Jones Fund. Founded by John Divine 
Jones, of JSTew York, in 1879, for the publication and sale 
by the Society of works relating to the early history of New 
York and other American Provinces, $6,000. This fund now 
amounts, with interest, to $6,591.46. In accordance with the 
terms of this trust, the Society has published the following 
volumes, copies of which may be obtained at the Library : 

I. "History of New York During the Eevolutionary War," 
by Thomas Jones; edited by Edward F. de Lancey. With 
Notes, Contemporary Docviments, Maps and Portraits. 8vo, 
two volumes. New York, 1879. Price, $15.00. 

II. "The Journal of a Voyage from Charlestown, S. C, 
to London, Undertaken During the American Eevolution," 
by a Daughter of an Eminent American Loyalist (Louisa 
Susannah Wells). 8vo, pp. 132. Portrait and Facsimile. 
New York, 1906. Price, $2.00. 

The Fund of the Sons of Rhode Island, the gift of 
the Association in New York known by that name during 
the Civil War, presented in 1866 the income to be devoted 
to the purchase of works for the Library, relating to the his- 
tory of Rliode Island, $600. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 43 

The Stephen Whitney Phoenix Fund. The bequest 
of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, of New York, in 1883, for the 
maintenance and increase of the Phoenix Collection of Her- 
aldry and Genealogy, $15,000. 

The Durr Gallery Fund. The bequest of Louis Durr, 
1882, for the increase of the Durr Collection of Paintings, 
$8,000. 

The Susan M. Watson Binding Fund, $5,000. Interest 
of principal to be used for the binding of books. Gift of Mrs. 
John Henry Watson, 1909. 

The Beekman Eelics Fund, $1,000. Gift of Gerard 
Beekman, 1911, 

The John Watts de Peyster Publication Fund. Orig- 
inally designated as the Publication Fund in 1858, the name 
of the fund was changed by order of the Society, October 6, 
1908, to conform with the conditions of the bequest of the 
late General John Watts de Peyster. 

The object of the fund as established in 1858 was for the 
publication of the proceedings and collections of the Society. 
The dividends consist of the volumes already published, to- 
gether with the future publications. No single copies can be 
purchased. Of the shares of the capital stock of this fund, 
limited in number to 1,000, 848 have been sold up to the 
present time, as follows : 750 shares were sold prior to June 
'6, 1866, at $25 per share; subsequently the price of each share 
was advanced to $50, and 30 shares were sold at this figure ; 
the price of shares was advanced, January 1, 1883, to $100 
per share ; when 67 shares were sold, finally on April 1, 1909, 
the shares were advanced to $200 and one share sold at that 
figure; which, with the bequest of John Watts de Peyster 
of $23,882.74, makes a grand total of $51,050.00, the income 
of which is used for the publication of the successive volumes 
of the series. 

These shares are transferable, and each share carries with it 
the forty-two volumes already published, and succeeding vol- 
umes to be printed, consisting of original material relating to 
American History. 



44 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Forty-two volumes have been issued. Volumes forty-three 
and forty-four are in press, and will be delivered in the 
course of the month. 

BALANCES TO THE CREDIT OF THE SOCIETY IN THE UNITED 
STATES MORTGAGE AND TRUST COMPANY. 

I. Fees, annual dues and interest.... $1,381.54: 
II. Interest of Phoenix Fund 14.59 

III. Interest of the Durr Gallery Fund . . 229.96 

IV. Interest of the Susan M. Watson 

Binding Fund 288.25 

V. Interest of the John Watts de Pey- 

ster Publication Fund 3,390.67 

VI. John Divine Jones Fund 2,685.85 

VII. Founders' Fund 381.20 

THE BUILDING. 

Eepairs and additions to the present building have been 
completed as follows: Two additional stories to the book- 
stack; a permanent side entrance on 77th Street; a bronze 
hand-rail from the basement to the Library floor; one pas- 
senger and one freight elevator; and fireproof doors in the 
basement, at a total cost of $18,720.33. 

LIBRARY'. 

The accessions for 1913 were 1,045 volumes, 2,469 pam- 
phlets, 30 bound volumes and 115 numbers of newspapers, 183 
maps, 227 broadsides, 28 prints, 74 original drawings and 1 
caricature. The library of the late Isaac J. Greenwood, con- 
sisting of 2,458 volumes, was presented to the Society by his 
daughters, the Misses Greenwood. The Library now contains 
124,263 volumes, 1,470 bound volumes, and 126,915 separate 
pamphlets, which is especially rich in materials relating to 
American History, the great value of which is attested by 
students of history, Avho avail themselves of its use. 

NEWSPAPERS. 

The collection embraces rare volumes of colonial news- 
papers, beginning with the Boston News Letter, April 84, 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



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1704, with other newspapers to the present date. The New 
York newspapers of the colonial period are quite complete. 
The collection numbers 5,321 volumes, of which 3,325 were 
printed in this City and State. 

It is proposed to rebind six hundred volumes of newspapers 
of the eighteenth century during the coming year. 



DONORS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Abeel, Mrs. John H. 

Ackerlindh. Alfred. 

Adams, C. T. 

Adamson, Robert. 

Alabama State Department of 
Archives and History. 

American Academy of Arts and 
Sciences. 

American Antiquarian Society. 

American Architect. 

American Association of Inter- 
national Conciliation. 

American Bible Society. 

American Canoe Association. 

American Federation for Sex 
Hygiene. 

American Folk Lore Society. 

American Geographical Society. 

American Historical Association. 

American Irish Historical So- 
ciety. 

American Jewish Historical So- 
ciety. 

American Library Association. 

American Museum of Natural 
History. 

American Philosophical Society. 

American Scenic and Historic 
Preservation Society. 

American Society for Judicial 
Settlement of International 
Disputes. 

American Telephone and Tele- 
graph Company. 

Amherst College. 

Arkansas History Commission. 



Associated Newspaper School. 
Avery, Elroy M. 

Balch, Thomas J. 

Balch, Thomas Willing. 

Barney, Everett H. 

Baskervill, Patrick H. 

Bassett, Thompson & Gilpatric. 

Bates, William 0. 

Bevier, Katherine. 

Bishop, Farnham. 

Black, Mrs. Elmer. 

Blake, Helen N. 

Bogert, Henry L. 

Boston Cemetery Department. 

Boston City Hospital. 

Boston, Mass., Commissioner of 

Public Records. 
Boston, Mass., Museum of Fine 

Arts. 
Brandegee, Hon. Frank B. 
Brower, William L. 
Buffalo Historical Society. 
Buffalo Public Library. 
Bull, Charles. 

Bureau of American Ethnology. 
Bureau of Railway Economics. 
Burton, Thomas J. 
Butler, Walter P. 

California University. 
Canada Department of Mines. 
Canada Geological Survey. 
Canada Royal Society. 
Canadian Archives. 
Carnegie Institution of Washing- 
ton. 



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THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



Carpenter, Mrs. Josiah. 
Case School of Applied Science. 
Century Association, 
Chambers, Katherine. 
Chase-Chace Family Association. 
Chemical Bank, New York. 
Chester Family Association. 
Chicago Committee of Fifty. 
Chicago Historical Society. 
Cliicago School of Civics and 

Philanthropy. 
Claghorne, Charles. 
Coles, J. Ackerman, M.D. 
Colonial Dames, State of New 

York. 
Colorado University. 
Columbia University. 
Connecticut Historical Society. 
Connecticut State Library. 
Conner, Winthrop G. 
Conover, Frank B. 
Coolidge, Baldwin. 
Cooper Institute. 
Cornwallis, Kinahan. 
Cosmos Picture Co. 
Coulthard, Rev. H. R. 
Craighead, Erwin. 
Crane, Warren C. 
Crosby, Mrs. William S. 
Cuba, Archives Nacionale de. 
Curtis, Edward S. 

Dampier, Miss Smith. 

Daughters of Founders and Pa- 
triots of America. National 
Society. 

Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution. National Society. 

Davis, Gherardi. 

De Beaujen, Monongahela. 

De Boer, Louis P. 

Delafield, John Ross. 

Delafield, Maturin L. 

De Milt Dispensary. 

Depew, Hon. Chauncey M. 

De Puy, Henry F. 

Detroit Museum of Art. 

Dexter. Franklin B. 



Dey, Miss Mary Laidlie. 

Dickinson, H. W. 

Ditmas, Charles A. 

Domestic and Foreign Missionary 

Society. 
Doubleday, Page & Co. 

Equitable Life Assurance Society. 
Essex Institute. 

Fairchild, Mrs. Charles S. 
Fairfax, Lindsaj\ 
Fairmont Park Art Association. 
Forbes Library, Northampton, 

Mass. 
Fox, Howard, M.D. 
Free Speech League. 
Fullerton, Elmer. 

Gage, Mrs. Hartley C. 

General Society of Mechanics and 

Tradesmen of the City of New 

York. 
General Theological Seminary. 
Gorham, Edwin S, 
Graham, H. Tucker. 
Gray, C. P. 
Green, James. 
Green, William 0. 
Greene, Charles R. 
Greene, Richard H. 
Greeno, F. L. 
Guernsey, R. S. 

Hampden Sidney College. 
Hapgood, Miss Isabel F. 
Hart, Charles H. 
Hartford Theological Seminary. 
Harvard Law Review Associa- 
tion. 
Havemeyer, J. Craig. 
Haverhill Public Library. 
Hawes, James W. 
Heartman, Charles F. 
Heaton, Augustus G. 
Historisch Genootschap. 
Hobart College. 
Hoffman, Samuel N. 
Holden, James A. 



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Hooper, Rev. Joseph. 
Hotchkiss, J. S. 
Howard, Arthur P. 
Hussey, George A. 

Illinois Association Opposed to 

Woman Suffrage. 
Illinois State Historical Society. 
Interstate Commerce Commission. 
Iowa Geological Survey. 
Iowa Historical Department. 
Iowa State Historical Society. 
Isabella Heimath Home. 

John Crerar Library. 
John Moore Association. 
Johns Hopkins University. 
Johnson, Rossiter. 

Kansas State Historical Society. 

Keep, Austin B. 

Kennedy, Daniel E. 

Kilroe, Edwin P. 

King, Horatio C. 

Kings County Historical Society. 

Lake Mohonk Conference. 
Lambert, Tliomas. 
Lapham, Julia A. 
Leach, Rev. Floyd S. 
Lee, Francis B. 
Lee, John Thomas. 
Legal Aid Society. 
Lewis Institute. 
Library of Congress. 
Lodge, Henry Cabot. 
Long Island State Hospital. 
Los Angeles Celebration Commis- 
sion. 
Loubat, Due de. 
Louisiana Historical Society. 
Louisville Free Public Library. 
Lowell Historical Society. 
Lyons, T. Henry. 

McBean, William M. 

Maine Society of the City of New 

York. 
Maine University. 



^lartin & Allardyce. 
]\Iartin, George C. 
Maryland Historical Society. 
Massachusetts Ancient and Hon- 
orable Artillery Company. 
Massachusetts Colonial Society. 
Massachusetts Commonwealth. 
Massachusetts Historical Society. 
Mattatuck Historical Society. 
Matthews, Albert. 
Mercantile Library of the City 

of New York. 
Merritt, Douglass. 
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 
Michigan Historical Commission. 
Michigan Pioneer and Historical 

Society. 
Military Service Institution. 
Miller, M. 

Minnesota Historical Society. 
Minnesota University, 
:\Iinton, Telfair M. 
Mississippi Valley Historical As- 
sociation, 
^lissouri State Historical So- 
ciety. 
Mitchell, J. Alfred. 
Moffat, R. Burnham. 
Monongahela Democratic Club. 
Moore, Clarence B. 
Moravian Historical Society. 
Morgan, J. P., & Co. 
Morrison, J. H. 
Munn & Co. 
Myers, Edward. 

National Cash Register Company. 
National Indian Association. 
Newberry Library. 
New England Historical and 

Genealogical Society. 
New England Society in the City 

of New York. 
New Haven Colony Historical 

Society. 
New Jersey Adjutant General. 
New Jersey Historical Society. 
Newport Historical Society. 



48 



THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



New York State Chamber of 
Commerce. 

New York State Charities Aid 
Association. 

New York State Department of 
Labor. 

New York State Education De- 
partment. 

New York State Library School. 

New York State Historical Asso- 
ciation. 

New York Secretary of State. 

New York Art Commission. 

New York Association for the 
Blind. 

New York Baptist Mission So- 
ciety. 

New York Botanical Garden. 

New York, Brick Presbyterian 
Church. 

New York, St. George's Church. 

New York, St. Thomas' Church. 

New York, Corporation of Trin- 
ity Church. 

New York Comptroller. 

New York Department of Health. 

New York Edison Company. 

New York Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Society. 

New York, Harlem Board of 
Commerce. 

New York Hospital. 

New York City Library. 

New York Meteorological Ob- 
servatory. 

New York Metropolitan Sewer- 
age Commission. 
New York North Side Board of 
Trade. 

New York Police Department. 
New York Public Library. 

New York School of Applied De- 
sign for Women. 

New York Society Prevention of 

Cruelty to Children, 
New York Supervisor of the City 
Record. 



New York University. 

Niagara, Commissioners of the 
State Reservation at. 

Niagara Historical Society. 

Nicoll, De Lancey. 

Nicoll, Mrs. De Lancey. 

North Carolina Historical Com- 
mission. 

North Carolina Secretary of 
State. 

Northern Dispensary of the City 
of New York. 

Nova Scotia Historical Society. 

Oberlin College. 

Ohio Agricultural Experiment 
Station. 

Ohio Archaeological and Histor- 
ical Society. 

Ohio Historical and Philosoph- 
ical Society. 

Oklahoma Historical Society. 

Open Court Publishing Company. 

Oppenheim, Samuel. 

Order of the Founders and Pa- 
triots of America. New York 
Society. 

Oregon State Immigration Office. 

Ottawa, Cnnada, Minister of Ag- 
riculture. 

Paltsits, Victor Hugo. 
Parker, John F. 
Parish, Daniel, Jr. 
Parrish, Samuel L. 
Parsons, William D. 
Pell, Howland. 
Pelletreau, William S. 
Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree 

Blight Commission. 
Pennsylvania Colonial Society. 
Pennsylvania Historical Society. 
Pennsylvania Prison Society. 
Philadelphia Library Company. 
Pliilippine Library. 
Phillips Exeter Academy. 
Picard, Alphonse & Sons. 
Pivany, Eugene. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



49 



Post. Mrs. Charles A. 
Potter, R. Burnside. 
Pratt Institute. 
Princeton University. 
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument 
Association. 

Queens Borough Public Library. 
Queens University, Kingston, 

Canada. 
Quezon, Hon. Manual L. 

Rathbone, Robert C. 

Remington Typewriter Co. 

Reynolds Family Association. 

Rhode Island Historical Society. 

Robert College. 

Rodgers, Elizabeth N. 

Rodriguez Family. 

Roe, Katherine B. B. 

Roosevelt Hospital. 

Rosenberg Library, Galveston, 
Texas. 

Royal Colonial Institute, Lon- 
don, Eng. 

Royal Historical Society, Lon- 
don, Eng. 

Rozier, Henry L. 

Saint Andrew's Society of the 
State of New York. 

Saint Nicholas Society. 

Sarton, George. 

Sauer, E. H. 

Schell, Mr. and ]\Irs. F. Robert. 

Siebert, Wilbur H. 

Shearith, Israel. 

Sherman. Charles A. 

Shipman, Alice. 

Simplified Spelling Board. 

Skeel, Mrs. Roswell, Jr. 

Sluytor, Joanna K. 

Smith, Rev. Edmund B. 

Smith, Thomas H. 

Smithsonian Institution. 

Society of Colonial Wars, State 
of Connecticut. 

Society of Colonial Wars, Penn- 
sylvania. 



Society of Colonial Wars, Ver- 
mont. 

Society of Daughters of Holland 
Dames. 

Society of Mayflower Descend- 
ants, State of New York. 

Society of the Cincinnati, Dela- 
ware State. 

Society of the Cincinnati, New 
York. 

Society of the Friendly Sons of 
St. Patrick, City of New York. 

Sons of the Revolution, State of 
New York. 

Sons of the Revolution, Pennsyl- 
vania Society. 

South Carolina Historical So- 
ciety. 

South Carolina State Librarian. 

Spear & Co. 

Spencer, A. W. 

Stetson, Francis L. 

Stevens, Mrs. Byam Kerby. 

Stewart, Inglis. 

Stokes, J. N. Phelps. 

Storm, Clarence. 

Straus, Oscar S. 

Stripple, Henry C. 

Submarine Signal Company. 

Sullivan, George H. 

Suydam, Walter L. 

Swayne, Noah H. 

Taft, Grace W. 

Taylor, Thomas J. 

Tennessee State Board Entomol- 
ogy. 

Texas State Historical Associa- 
tion. 

Thompson, Slason. 

Tilden, S. Royce. 

Toronto, Canada, Minister of 
Education. 

Trenchard, Edward. 

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. 

Underpinning & Foundation Com- 
pany. 



50 THE NEW-YOEK HISTOKICAL SOCIETY. 

Union League Club of New York. Washington Square Association, 

U. S. Brewers' Association. New York. 

U. S. Bureau of Education. Webster, Mrs. Clarence. 

U. S. Geological Survey. Weeks, S. B. 

University Club, New York. Wells, Lemuel A. 

Wells, Samuel A. 

Venezuela National Library. West End Association, New York. 

Vermont Historical Society. Western Reserve Historical So- 

Vermont Secretary of State. ^^^^y- 

Vermont State Library. Wildey, Mrs. Pierre W. 

Vermont University and State Williston, A. Lyman. 

Agricultural College. ^"^0"' ^^^'^^ ^^^^ Elizabeth 
Vernay, Arthur S. Livingston. 
Virginia Historical Society. Wisconsin State Historical So- 
Virginia State Library. "^^J"- 

Voorhees, Rev. Oscar M. ^^o^^^' ^"^o"' 

Wurts, Pierre Jay. 

Wagner, Frederic C. Yale University. 

Waller, Rev. H. D. U Yeater, jNIrs. Sarah J. 

Walsh, James J., M.D. iiYoungs, Mrs. Florence E. 



ARCHIVES. 

During the past year 13 volumes and 5^098 separate miscel- 
laneous manuscripts have been added. The Archives con- 
tain fifty-eight volumes of original manuscripts covering the 
Colonial period, represented in the Golden, de Peyster, Lloyd 
and Leggett Papers, with seventy-eight account books or 
ledgers. The Eevolutionary period consists of the Gates, 
Steuben, Stirling, Eeed, Duer, Stewart and McLane Papers 
in a total of fifty-five volumes, also a collection of Orderly 
Books of the War of the Eevolution, with collections of a 
later period, represented in the Gallatin, Hone, Barclay, King 
and Thomas Papers. A catalogue of the entire collection 
of manuscripts was commenced in May, 1913. 

NEW YORK PRINTS. 

The large collection of prints is now on permanent exhibi- 
tion in the New York Eoom, with paintings and relics of 
this city. The rare print entitled "View of Wall Street," en- 
graved by Maverick, was presented by Mrs. Byam Kerby 
Stevens. 



KEPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 51 

EXHIBITIONS. 

In commemoration of the centennial of the War of i8i;<J, 
the Society's collection of prints and broadsides relating to 
that war were on exhibition from June 1, 1912, to June 30, 
1913. 

Since September, 1913, through the courtesy of our fellow- 
member, Mr. Edwin A. Cruikshank, his collection of New 
York Prints have been placed on exhibition, as a loan exhibit, 
and with the collection of rare prints of the Society, forms 
a unique exhibit. 

GALLERY OF ART. 

Additions to the gallery during the past year were as fol- 
lows : portraits of Caleb Heathcote, Pierre Van Cortlandt and 
Gov. William C. Bouck, purchased by the Durr Gallery Fund ; 
also portrait of the late Benjamin B. Sherman, Treasurer 
of the Society, 1878-1884, presented by his son, Cliarles A. 
Sherman. The gallery now contains 1,034 paintings, of 
which 290 are portraits, and a daguerreotype of the late Valen- 
tine Mott, M.D., presented by Mr. Thomas J. Burton. 

The collection includes the New York Gallery of Fine 
Arts, received in 1858 ; the celebrated Bryan Gallery of Old 
Masters, presented in 1867, by the late Thomas J. Bryan; 
the Durr Collection, presented in 1882, by the Executors of 
the late Louis Durr. The Peter Marie Collection of Minia- 
tures, presented to the Society in 1905. The Isaac J. Green- 
wood Collection of 405 watercolor drawings of Powder Horns, 
presented in 1907. A collection of miniatures of the Bryant 
family and manuscript poems by William Cullen Bryant, 
presented by Miss Anna E. Fairchild, as a memorial of Julia 
Sands Bryant, daughter of William Cullen Bryant, and the 
Audubon Collection of 460 original watercolor drawings, by 
John James Audubon. 

During the month of August, 1913, 252 additional paint- 
ings of the old masters were cleaned and are now on exhibition 
and 79 American portraits were placed in the Library. 

A bronze statuette of Daniel Webster by Thomas Ball, 
Sculptor, 1853, was presented by Miss Katharine Chambers 
through William G. De Witt. 



52 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Livingston Wilson, great-greatgreat- 
great-granddaughter of Eobert E. Livingston, First Lord of 
ine Manor of Livingston, donated, December 13, 1913, a 
Bible printed in London, 1683, presented to Eobert E. Living- 
ston by his mother, Janet Livingston; the Bible contains his 
family record, written by him in Dutch with a translation. 

To the Museum has been added two canes used by William 
Hazard and John H. Howland, presented by Rowland Pell; 
vseveral pieces of jewelry, a silver tea set, a small silk tapestry 
worked in silk by Johannes de Peyster Kuypers Van Zandt, 
relics of the Sluyter, Kuypers and Van Zandt families, pre- 
sented by Mrs. John H. Abeel and Miss Johanna Kuypers 
Sluyter. A metal dressing box used by Lieut. Jonathan 
Church during the War of 1812, presented l)y his greatniece. 
Miss Alice Shipman. 

The Art Gallery and Museum are open to the Public daily 
from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. and the Library from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., 
Sundays excepted; and on holidays from 1 to 5 P.M. except- 
ing Christmas, ISTew Years and Fourth of July. The building 
is closed during August for cleaning and repairs. 

In conclusion the Committee repeats that owing to the 
congested condition of the present building, the necessity for 
the erection of the north and south wings has been apparent 
for some time, in order to properly place on exhibition the 
paintings and relics now stored for want of space. Each pro- 
posed wing of the building could be very properly erected as 
a Memorial Building to hold the Art and Museum collections, 
reserving the present building for the Library, and placing the 
treasures of the Society properly before the Public. 

Dan^iel Parish, Jr., 

Chairniart. 



FOUNDERS' FUND— SUBSCRIBERS. 



Anderson, John, Jr. 

Andrews, William Loring. 

Avery, Samuel P. 

•{•Barton, Oliver Grant. 

•f.Beekman, James William. 

Benedict, Henry H. 

Benson, Charles B. 

Benson, Egbert. 

Bull, Charles C. 

Camp, Charles Martin. 

•fiCarhart, Amory Sibley. 

Collamore. Marion Davis. 

Cooper, Theodore. 

Crane, Warren C. 

Davis, Chandler. 

Davis, Gherardi. 

Delafield. Maturin L. 

Delano, Warren, Jr. 

•f-De Luze, Philip Schuyler. 

•J-De Peyster, Gen. J. Watts. 

De Puy, Henry F. 

Deyo, Robert E. 

Du Pont, Henry A. 

Dwight, Frederick. 

•{•Ely, Ambrose K. 

Giles. Stephen W. 

Glover, Mrs. James A. 

Greene, Alister. 

•}• Greenwood. Isaac J. 

Hackstaflf, Charles L. 

^Hackstaff, Mrs. Charles L. 

Harper, John. 

Harris. William H. 

•f.Haveme,ver, John C. 

1 foffman. Charles Frederick. 

.{.Hoffman, Eugene Augustus. 

•i- Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Augustus. 

.{.Hoffman. Louisa Yerplauck. 

Hoffman, Margaret Elmendorf. 

Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck. 

Hoffman, Mrs. Samuel Verplanck. 

Hoffman, William Mitchell Vail. 

•fiHolden, James C. 

Huntington, Archer IMilton. 

.{.Jackson, Frederic Wendell. 

.fiJackson, Theodore F. 

4" Jackson, William H. 



Jacobsen, Mrs. Hans R. 

Jay, William. 

Jones, Rev. Henry L. 

Judge, John H. 

Kelby, Charles Hendre. 

Kelby, Robert H. 

Keteltas, Alice. 

King, George Gordon. 

•{"King. Mary Rhinelander. 

.{•Lansing, Abraham, Memorial. 

Lansing, Mrs. Abraham. 

Lefferts, Marshall C. 

McKesson, Irving. 

!McKesson, John, Jr. 

Moran, Charles. 

.{.Morris. Fordham. 

Mott, Hopper Striker. 

Nichols, Acosta. 

Nichols. George L. 

Noble, Francis L. 

Olcott, J. Van Vechten. 

Perry, Alexander. 

Phillips. N. Taylor. 

Post, Abram S. 

Preston, Lewis Butler. 

.{.Riker. Samuel. 

Schell, F. Robert. 

Sherman, Charles A. 

Sherman, Mrs. Charles A. 

Sherman, Corinne A. 

Steers, James R. 

Stevens, Frederic W, 

.{•Stokes. Anson Phelps. 

Storm, Clarence. 

Suydam, Walter L. 

Taller, Edward N. 

Tompkins, Hamilton B. 

Towne, Paul R. 

Van Amringe, Guy. 

Van Amringe, J. Howard. 

Van De Water, George R., D.D. 

Verplanck, William Gordon. 

Watson, Mrs. J. Henry. 

Wendell, Evert Jansen. 

White, John Jay, Jr. 

^.Willcox, David. 

Woodruff, Francis E. 



i^. Deceased. 



53 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S 
REPORT 

1913 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURERS 
REPORT 

1913 



General Account: 

Balance. Jan. 1st. 1918 $19,089.12 

Receipts (Interest and Dues)... 12,18-3.95 
Rentals from Catharine Augusta 
and Cornelia Beekman de Pey- 
ster Estates (six months).... 8,744.20 
Nelson Robinson subscription for 

cleaning paintings 500.00 

Eliza R. Greenwood subscription 
for binding the Greenwood Li- 
brary 500.00 

Payments, General Expenses. .. .$20,535.40 

Improvements to Building 18,720.33 

Transferred to Founders' Fund . . 380.00 



.$41,01-; 



39,0.35.73 



Balance in U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co $1,381,54 

Phcenix Fund : 

Balance, Jan. 1st, 1913 $7.84 

Receipts (Interest) 671.80 .$679.64 

Payments 665.05 

Balance in U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co $14.59 

Durr Gallery Fund : 

Balance, Jan. 1st, 1913 $1..516.6S 

Receipts (Interest) 391.24 $1,907.92 

Payments 1,677.96 

Balance in U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co $229.96 

Susan M. Watson Binding Fund : 

Balance, Jan. 1st, 1913 $82.74 

Receipts (Interest) 237.01 319.75 

Payments 31.50 

Balance in U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co $288.25 

John Watts de Pevster Publication Fund : 

Balance, Jan. 1st, 1913 $4,923.18 

Receipts (Interest and sale of 

one share) 2,184.30 $7,107.48 

Payments 3,761.81 

Balance in U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co .$3,390.67 

John D. Jones Fund : 

Balance, Jan. 1st, 1913 $2,241.46 

Receipts (Interest) 3.33.39 

Sale of Books 111.00 



Balance in U. S. Mortgage vt Trust Co .$2,085.85 

57 



58 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Founders' Fund : 

Balance, Jan. 1st, 1913 $401.01 

Receipts (Interest) 300.19 

Initiation Fees 380.00 $1,081.20 

Investment (Mortgage Certificate) 700.00 



Balance in U. S. Mortg;age & Trust Co $381.20 

Grand Total of General and Special Funds : 

Receipts $54,799.11 

Payments 40.427.05 



Balance $8,372.06 



Investment of Funds. 

Eugene A. Hoffman Fund : 

Bond Mortgage at 4V> per cent $30,000.00 

" " " " 17,.500.00 

" " " " 2,000.00 

" " " " 400.00 

Part Mortgage Certificate 100.00 



Amos F. Eno Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 5 per cent $13,000.00 



$50,000.00 

13,000.00 
7,000.00 



$20,000.00 
Seth Grosvenor Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 41/2 per cent $2,700.00 

" " " " 3,300.00 

Mortgage Certificate at 41/. per cent 4,000.00 

$10,000.00 

Thos. Barron Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4i{. per cent $10,000.00 

Edward Bill Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4Vo per cent 5,000.00 

Augustus Schell Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4 ^2 per cent 5,000.00 

Elizabeth De Milt Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4% per cent 5,000.00 

Henry Keteltas Fund : 

Mortgage Certificates at 41/. per cent $5,000.00 

Chas. P. Daly Fund: 

Mortgage Certificates at 4i^ per cent $5,000.00 

David E. Wheeler Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 41/0 per cent $275.00 

" " " " 225.00 

" 5 " " 500.00 

$1,000.00 

Mary Rogers Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 5 per cent $1,000.00 

Richard E. Mount Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage at 4i/^ per cent 1,000.00 

Maria B. Mount Fund : 

Mortgage Certificate at 4^2 per cent 1,000.00 

Charlotte A. Mount Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage at iVo per cent 2,000.00 

James Francis Evans Fund : 

Mortgage Certificates at 4% per cent 1,000.00 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S REPORT 59 

Sons of Rhode Island Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4iA per cent $270.00 

" " " " 330.00 

$GO0.OO 

Isaiah Thomas Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4i/_. per cent $135.00 

" " •' " 165.00 

$300.00 

Albert Gallatin Memorial Fund : 

Mortgage Certificate at 41/0 per cent $1,000.00 

John Alsop King Mem. Fund : 

Western Maryland Bonds at 4% per cent.. $9,500.00 
N. y. City Registered Bond at 314 per cent. . 500.00 

$10,000.00 

Caroline Phelps Stokes Fund : 

Mortgage Certificate at 4V2 per cent $1,000.00 

Stephen \Yhitney Phoenix Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 41/0 per cent $15,000.00 

John D. Jones Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 5 per cent $2,000.00 

" 41/^ " " 1,100.00 

" " " " 562.50 

" " " " 687.50 

$4,350.00 

Durr Gallery Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4^2 per cent $7,500.00 

" " " " 500.00 

$8,000.00 

John Watts de Peyster Pub. Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4 per cent $25,000.00 

" 4i/> " " 11,000.00 

" 5 " " 10,500.00 

" 41/0 " " 1,400.00 

Mortgage Certificates 1,200.00 

Bond and Mortgage at 4i/> per cent 400.00 

" " " " 607.50 

" " " " 742.50 

$50,850.00 

Founders' Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 41/2 per cent $2,600.00 

" " " " " " 1,000.00 

" " " " 500.00 

Mortgage Certificates at 4^/^ per cent 2,900.00 

$7,000.00 

Susan M. Watson Binding Fund : 

Mortgage Certificates at 41/2 per cent. $5,000.00 

Gerard Beekman Fund : 

Mortgage Certificates at 4i/^ per cent 1,000.00 

MEMORIAL FUNDS. 

The Executive Committee has set aside the sum of 
twenty-five thousand dollars, part of the proceeds of the 
sale of the old building, as memorials of the Founder and 
the first eleven Presidents of the Society. Invested in 
Bond and Mortgage at 5 per cent $25,000.00 

$251,100.00 
CLARENCE STORM, 

Treasurer. 



MEMBERS OF 

THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL 

SOCIETY. 

FEBRUARY, 1914. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Bryce, James England 1907 

Davidson, Randall Thomas, D.D England 1904 

Dewey, George U. S. N. 1898 

Dix, John Alden New York 1911 

Hispanic Society of America " 1907 

Hughes, Charles Evans " 1907 

Odell, Benjamin B., Jr " 1901 

Peary, Robert Edwin U. S. N. 1906 

Roosevelt, Theodore New York 1899 

Sulzer, William " 1913 

Taft, William Howard Ohio 1909 



PATRONS. 



•i« Bruce, Catherine Wolfe. 

•J« Bruce, Matilda Wolfe. 

•fi Clark, Alfred Corning. 

•f-De Peyster, Catharine Augusta. 

•Ji Dexter, Henry. 

Eno, Amos Ferdinand. 

•f-Hackstaff, Mrs. Charles Lu- 
dovic. 

•f>Hofl"man, Rev. Eugene Au- 
gustus. 

•f- Hoffman, Louisa Verplanck. 

Hoti'man, Margaret Elmendorf. 

Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck. 

Huntington, Archer Milton. 

Huntington, Mrs. Archer Milton. 

«J.Jone8, John Divine. 

Watson, Mrs. 



•J« Kennedy, John S. 
•ft King, John Alsop. 
•fi]\Iorgan, J. Pierpont. 
•i« Mount, Charlotte A. 
JNlount, Susan. 
•f-Sehell, Mrs. Augustus. 
Schell, F. Robert. 
►rSchell, Robert. 
►f-Schermerhorn, William C. 
Sherman, Charles A. 
•i« Stuart, Mrs. Robert L. 
Stuyvesant, Robert Van Rens- 
selaer. 
Thompson, Mrs. Frederick F. 
•J. Vanderbilt, Cornelius. 
Vanderbilt, George W. 
John Henry. 



Patrons 
By Succession. 



Bailey, Theodorus, M.D. 
Baker, Charlotte S. 
Clark, Stephen Carlton. 
Davis, Gherardi. 
HackstafT, Charles Ludovic. 
HoflFman, Eugene Augustus. 

•{•Deceased. 

63 



>{• Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Augus- 
tus. 
•filMaccaffil, Charlotte Mount. 
Morgan, J. Pierpont. 
Schermerhorn, Frederic Augustus. 
Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwvnne. 



FELLOWS. 



Aator, William Waldorf. 

Auchmuty, Mrs. Richard T. 

•J" Austin, William. 

•fi Avery, Samuel P. 

•{•Babcock, Samuel D. 

Baker, George F. 

•JiBanyer, Goldsborough. 

Beekman, Gerard. 

Bierstadt, Mrs. Albert. 

►J« Billings, Frederick. 

•f. Bliss, Cornelius N. 

^. Bliss, George. 

Clark, Edward S. 

•J. Constable, James M. 

•}.Cook, Henry H. 

Crane, Warren Cady. 

Cutting, R. Fulton. 

^Cutting, W. Bayard. 

•}. Delano, Franklin H. 

•J-Dows, David. 

••-Dubois, Abram, M.D. 

•J. Ely, Ambrose K. 

Fahnestock, Harris C. 

•fi Fayerweather, Daniel B. 

•i- Field, Benjamin H. 

•J. Fish, Nicholas. 

Gallatin, Frederic. 

•J. Greene, Martin E. 

Greenwood, Eliza R. 

•}. Greenwood. Isaac J. 

Greenwood, Mary IVI. 

■fiHerrman, Henry. 

•f-Herrman, Mrs. Henry. 

•i. Hoffman, Mrs. Charles Freder 
ick. 

4. Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Augus- 
tus. 

«^Hoyt, Charles A. 

»fi Huntington, Collis P. 

•flselin, Adrian. 

•filsham, William B. 

•f. Jackson, Frederic Wendell. 



•fi Jackson, Theodore F. 

•fi Jackson, William H. 

Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. 

•f- Kennedy, Rachel L. 

•fi King, Mary Rhinelander. 

Langdon, Woodbury G. 

Lanier, Charles. 

Lawton, Mrs. James M. 

•fi Livingston, Robert J. 

•fiMarquand, Henry G. 

•f. Mills, Darius 0. 

Morton, Levi P. 

•fiNickerson, Mrs. Thomas W, 

Parish, Daniel, jr. 

Parsons, Mrs. John E. 

Phipps, Henry. 

Phoenix, Lloyd. 

Phcenix, Phillips. 

•!• Potter, Orlando B. 

•f-Pyne, Percy R. 

•f* Rhinelander, Julia. 

Rhinelander, Serena. 

Robinson, Nelson. 

•fi Rogers, Mrs. Charles H. 

•fiSkidmore, William L. 

•fi Sloan, Samuel. 

Sloane, William D. 

Speyer, -lames. 

Stevens, ]\Irs. Byam Kerby. 

•^ Stewart, David. 

•f. Stokes, Caroline Phelps. 

Storm, Clarence. 

Sturges, Frederick. 

•f. Thome, Phebe Anna. 

•f. Tiffany, Charles L. 

Tilford, Frank. 

Vanderbilt, William K. 

•ft Von Post, Herman Casper. 

•f.Weekes, John A. 

•J. White, Mrs. Joseph M. 

•fi Williams, George G. 

»fiWinthrop, Robert. 

•{•Deceased. 

64 



ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



t Abbe, Cleveland 1880 

tAbbe, Mrs. Robert 1897 

tAbeel, George 1896 

tAckerman, James H 1908 

t Adams, Edward D 1904 

tAgnew, George B 1911 

Alcock, William Alexander. 1911 
tAldrich, Mrs. James Her- 
man 1902 

t Alexander, Charles Beatty.1896 
Alexander, John Franklin.. .1871 

Allen, Frank Samuel 1909 

Allien, Mrs. Frederick 1893 

fAmes, Louis Annin 1909 

Anderson, John, jr 1902 

t Anderson, Josephine Knight. 1909 

Andrews, Gwynne M 1907 

t Andrews, William L 1 857 

fArmstrong, Samuel T., 

M.D 1906 

fArnold, Edward W. C 1912 

-^tAstor, William Waldorf .. 1879 
tAuchincloss, Samuel Sloan. 1908 
^fAuchrauty, Mrs. Richard T.1901 
t Avery, Samuel P 1903 

tBacon, Charlotte V 1888 

Bacon, Leon Brooks 1902 

Baird, Charles 1909 

^Baker, George F 1879 

Banks, David, jr 1898 

Banks, James Lenox 1896 

Barclay, David 1901 

tBarclay, Sackett M 1907 

tBarger, Milton S 1896 

tBarger, Samuel F 1883 

tBarnhart, John Hendley, 
M.D 1909 



fBarton, Edward Ritten- 

house 1910 

tBauerdorf, Charles F 1909 

Baylies, Edmund L 1893 

Beaman, Mrs. Charles C 1911 

'^'fBeekman, Gerard 1875 

Beekman, Mrs. William B..1902 

Beer, George Louis 1911 

tBelcher, Henry W 1857 

IBell, Jared Weed 1897 

tBelmont, August 1902 

tBelmont, Perry 1857 

tBement, Edward 1910 

Benedict, Erastus C 1867 

tBenedict, Henry H 1902 

tBenedict, James 1864 

Benedict, Russell 1909 

Benedict, Theodore Hudson. 1909 

fBenkard, Henry R 1857 

Bensel, Walter, M.D 1910 

fBenson, Charles B 1905 

fBenson, Egbert 1888 

fBenson, Robert 1887 

Berwind, Edward J 1901 

tBetts, George W 1857 

fBevan, Llewelyn D., D.D. . .1880 

tBickmore, Albert S 1869 

fBigelow, Poultney 1889 

tBishop, Cortlandt Field 1871 

fBishop, Louis Faug&res, 

M.D 1905 

tBissell, Rev. Pelham St. G.1887 

Blackwell, Josiah Low 1910 

tBliss, Cornelius N., jr.... 1897 

Blumenthal, Hugo 1911 

fBogert, Henry Lawrence. . 1892 

Bolton, Reginald Pelham 1902 

tBoonton, Mrs. Gertrude V. .1908 

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Borman, Adolph H 1907 

Boucher, Charles 1900 

fBowen, Clarence Winthrop . 1885 

tBrady, John J 1909 

Brennan, Thomas F 1911 

Brett, Cornelius, D.D 1905 

Brett, Philip Milledoler 1909 

Brewer, John 1907 

Brewster, Samuel Dwight. . .1900 

Bristol, John I. D 1911 

Britton, Charles P 1893 

tBrokaw, George Tuttle. . . .1906 
tBrookfield, Mrs. William.. 1909 

fBrooks, Emerson 1899 

Brower, William L 1880 

Brown, Rev. Abbott 1892 

tBrown, Benjamin W. B.. . .1910 

Brown, Charles Hilton 1904 

tBrown, Egerton 1875 

tBrown, Ethel Doty, M.D..1912 
Brown, George McKesson. .. 1909 

tBrown, John Potts 1852 

tBrowning, J. Hull 1903 

Brownlee, J. Harrison 1911 

Brownne, John S 1901 

tBrugler, Rev. Charles Ed- 
ward 1904 

Bulkley, Edwin M 1905 

Bull, Charles 1909 

Bull, Charles C 1897 

tBuU, Robert Maclay 1902 

tBurrell, David J., D.D....1896 

Burton, Paul Gibson 1914 

tBurton, Thomas J 1901 

Butler, Emily 1902 

tButler, Nicholas Murray.. 1905 

tCameron, Mrs. A. Scott... 1896 

Camp, Charles Martin 1906 

tCannon, Henry Brevoort. . .1907 

tCannon, Henry W 1895 

Carmalt, Katharine Wool- 

sey 1911 

Carney, Sydney H.,jr., M.D.1893 

tCarpender, William 1892 

Carpenter, Charles L 1904 

tCarroU, Royal Phelps 1888 



Gary, John Watson 1907 

Chapin, Samuel Austin 1909 

tChauncey, Elihu 1882 

tChauncey, Henry 1857 

tCheesman, T. Matlack, M.D.1904 

Chew, Beverly 1898 

tChisholm, George E 1910 

Chisholm, Mrs. George E. . .1910 

tChubb, Percy 1909 

Clark, Alzamore H 1905 

nClark, Edward S 1901 

tClark, Henry Austin 1899 

tClark, William A 1895 

Clarkson, Ashton Crosby. . .1907 

tClarkson, Banyer 1892 

Clinch, Edward S 1897 

tClute, Rev. Robert F 1857 

tCochrane, Adam W. S....1906 

tCodman, Ogden, jr 1904 

Coggeshall, Edwin W 1909 

tColby, Franklin G 1910 

tCole, Edward F. 1904 

tColes, Henry Rutgers Rem- 

sen 1894 

Coles, Jonathan Ackerman, 

M.D 1901 

Colgate, Lathrop 1910 

Collamore, Marion Davis. . . .1896 
tCollins, Stephen Willets. . .1906 

Colt, Harris D 1911 

Coyle, John G., M.D 1914 

tComstock, Frederick H 1889 

tCook, Arthur Peters 1864 

Cooper, Theodore 1895 

tCorell, Philip R 1906 

tCorlies, Joseph W., jr 1851 

Cornell, Rev. John 1910 

Cornell, Russell R 1908 

Cornwell, Herbert C. de V., 

M.D 1911 

Covington, George Bishop.. 1909 

tCoxe, Macgrane 1898 

Grain, Thomas C. T 1909 

tCrane, Albert 1873 

Crane, Arthur M 1909 

tCrane, Frank Warren 1897 

^Crane, Warren Cady 1896 



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tCrawford, Everett L 1907 

fUrimmins, John D 1899 

Cromwell, David W 1913 

tCross, Mrs. C. Vanderbilt. .1903 

Cruikshank, Edwin A 1907 

tCruikshank, Warren 1905 

fCrum, Frederick H 1908 

tCurtis, William Edmund.. 1901 

^Cutting, R. Fulton 1888 

tCuyler, Telamon 1908 

Daly, Edward Hamilton 1913 

fDavenport, Mrs. Ira 1905 

fDavies, J. Clarence 1906 

Davies, Julien T 1880 

tDavis, Fellowes 1896 

*Davis, Gherardi 1894 

tDavis, Mrs. Gherardi 1889 

tDavis, John W. A 1903 

tDavis, Vernon M 1903 

Debevoise, George 1903 

De Bost, William L 1905 

tDe Forest, Robert Weekes.1866 

tDe Kay, Charles 1881 

tDelafield, Albert 1891 

tDelafield, John Ross 1907 

tDelafield, Joseph Living- 
ston 1893 

tDelafield, Julia Livingston. 1891 
tDelafield, Maturin Living- 
ston 1874 

tDelafield, Maturin Living- 
ston, jr 1899 

Delafield, Richard 1901 

Delano, Warren, jr 1896 

Demarest, Frank Z 1909 

tDe Meli, Henry G. D 1895 

Depew, Chauncey M 1869 

tDe Peyster, Frederic Ash- 
ton 1906 

tDe Peyster, Wm. Moore 

Dongan 1897 

De Puy, Henry F 1902 

tDe Witt, William G 1889 

Dexter, Stanley W 1897 

tDey, Mary Laidlie 1906 

tDey, Richard Varick 1895 

tDeyo, Robert E 1897 



tDibble, William A 1857 

Dill, Josephine H 1903 

Dix, John Adams 1905 

tDixon, George, jr 1857 

Dodd, Robert H 1914 

tDodge, Anson G. P 1870 

Dodge, Cleveland H 1883 

fDominick, George Carleton, 

M.D 1909 

tDominick, Marinus Willett.1896 

fDornin, William C 1862 

tDouglas, James 1910 

Douglas, William H 1901 

tDowling, Robert E 1908 

tDowling, Victor J 1909 

tDows, Tracy 1905 

Drummond, I. Wyman 1905 

Du Bois, Charles A 1907 

Dugro, P. Henry 1891 

tDunn, Gano 1907 

Dunning, William A 1900 

tDu Pont, Henry A 1905 

Durland, Frederick Love- 
joy 1911 

Dwight, Frederick 1904 

tEames, Wilberforce 1906 

tEaton, Sherburne Blake... 1877 

tEdmonds, John Worth 1894 

tEinstein, Lewis 1902 

Elliman, Lawrence Bogert..l909 

tElliott, Frederick B 1857 

tEllis, George W 1909 

Ely, Edwin A 1908 

Emmet, Thomas Addis, M.D.1864 

*tEno, Amos Ferdinand 1888 

Estes, Joseph Beecham 1912 

tEstes, Webster C 1911 

tEvans, William T 1896 

tEvarts, Allen W 1910 

^Fahnestock, Harris C 1879 

tFairchild, Charles S 1882 

tFarrel, John Truitt 1908 

tFatman, Morris 1909 

tFaye, Thomas 1871 

tFerguson, Charles A. S...1910 



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fField, Cortlandt de Peyster.1850 
tField, Mrs. Cortlandt de 

Peyster 1885 

fFish, Stuyvesant 1875 

Fitch, Winchester 1906 

tFiagg, Eben Moore 1906 

tFolsom, George W 1858 

Foote, Elizur V 1908 

Forster, James V 1909 

fForster, John A 1908 

fFoster, Frederic de Peyster.1874 

Foster, Scott 1902 

tFoulke, Bayard Fish 1903 

fFox, Austen G 1872 

Freedman, John J 1873 

French, Amos Tuck 1888 

tFrenche, James 1853 

Frick, John 1906 

Fridenberg, Robert 1910 

Friedenwald, Herbert 1909 

Friend, Meyer M 1902 

Frissell, Algernon S 1903 

Frye, Jed 1902 

Fuller, Frank 1892 

tGallatin, Albert 1905 

tGallatin, Albert Eugene. .. 1903 

-^tGallatin, Frederic 1870 

tGallatin, R. Horace 1892 

Galot, Alphonse 1877 

Gardiner, Asa Bird 1871 

Gawtry, Harrison E 1906 

Gawtry, Lewis B 1904 

tGeer, Walter 1902 

Geissenhainer, Jacob A 1881 

Giegerich, Leonard A 1907 

tGihon, John 1857 

tGihon, William 1852 

tGiles, Stephen W 1896 

tGlover, Mrs. James A 1886 

tGoodhart, Philip J 1908 

tGoodwin, James J 1891 

tGould, Edwin 1896 

Gray, John Clinton 1873 

jGreene, Alister 1896 

tGreene, John W., M.D 1854 

Greene, Richard Henry 1896 



Greenhut, Joseph B 1911 

tGreenough, John 1891 

Greenwood, Langdon 1893 

fGregory, Charles 1902 

tGregory, Franklin U 1907 

fGregory, Henry E 1886 

fGriffen, Benjamin 1874 

tGriffith, Frederic, M.D 1909 

tGuggenheim, Murray 1901 

tGunther, John Jacob 1904 

Hackstaff, Charles L 1898 

Haldane, Mary H 1903 

Hall, Edward Hagaman 1902 

fHall, Mary F 1901 

tHalsey, Frederick R 1900 

Halsey, Richard T. H 1896 

Hamilton, Edmond H 1890 

tHance, John A 1906 

tHanna, Charles Augustus. .1909 

fHarbeck, Charles John 1897 

fHarbeck, Charles T. 1857 

Hardley, J. Wheeler 1902 

Harper, Francis P 1897 

fHarper, John 1885 

Harper, Lathrop Colgate.. .. 1909 

Harris, William H 1903 

Haskell, J. Amory 1895 

Hatch, Albert J 1870 

Hatfield, Abraham, jr 1914 

tHavemeyer, John C 1857 

tHawes, Gilbert Ray 1895 

fHawkes, McDougall 1898 

tHawley, Thomas R 1864 

tHealey, Warren M 1888 

fHeaton, Augustus George. .1910 

fHeiser, John Jay 1911 

tHendricks, Albert 1869 

Herbert, William 1909 

tHerrick, John J 1852 

tHess, Selmar 1903 

Higgins, Eugene 1889 

Highet, Frank Brewster 1906 

Hill, Edward Bruce 1896 

Hill, Frederick Trevor 1909 

fHill, Robert Carmer 1906 

tHillyer, Clarence W 1909 



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Hine, Charles Gilbert 1905 

tHitchcock, Ripley 1905 

Hoffman, Charles Frederick.. 1897 
*tHoffman, Eugene Augustus 1907 
*tHoffman, Margaret Elmen- 

dorf 1907 

*tHoffman, Samuel Ver- 

planek 1901 

tHoffman, Mrs. Samuel Ver- 

planck 1903 

Hoffman, William M. V....1897 

Holbrook, Levi 1909 

Holden, Mrs. Edwin B 1907 

tHopkins, George B 1902 

Hopkins, Louis Davis 1910 

tHoppin, Sarah Games 

Weekes 1910 

Hotchkin, Walter B 1905 

Howard-Martin, Edmund 1909 

tHubbard, Thomas H 1906 

Hubbard, Walter Comstock.1908 

Hubbell, George W 1895 

tHunter, Frederick W 1882 

*tHuntington, Archer Mil- 
ton 1890 

Huntington, Charles R 1896 

Huntington, Frederick J.... 1881 
tHurry, Renwick Clifton.. . .1903 

Husted, James W 1911 

Hutchins, Augustus S 1908 

Hutchins, Waldo 1909 

tHutchins, William E 1907 

Hutchinson, Gary T 1894 

tHutchinson, William J 1877 

tHyatt, Abram M 1902 

Hyde, Edwin Francis 1891 

Hyde, Frederick E., M.D....1892 

Hyde, Henry St. John 1904 

tHyde, James H 1903 

tirwin, John Vosburgh 1907 

tiselin, Adrian, jr 1868 

tiselin, Columbus 0'Donnel.l873 

Iselin, William E 1873 

tisham, Charles 1 885 

tlves, Brayton 1905 

Ivins, William M 1909 



Jackson, Charles Fred. Have- 

meyer 1899 

Jackson, Francis De Milt 1909 

Jackson, George T., M.D 1913 

Jacobi, Abraham, M.D 1872 

tJacobsen, Mrs. Hans R. . . . 1905 

Jaffray, Robert 1890 

t Jameson, Edwin C 1909 

tJay, William 1852 

t Jennings, Oliver G 1893 

''^tJesup, Mrs. Morris K 1888 

t Johnson, Henry W 1852 

Johnston, Henry P 1882 

t Johnston, J. Herbert 1897 

t Johnston, John H 1862 

t Jones, Charles Landon 1900 

Jones, Francis C 1907 

t Jones, Rev. Henry L 1857 

t Jones, James H 1882 

Jones, Mrs. Oliver Living- 
ston 1902 

t Jordan, Stanley 1900 

tKean, Hamilton Fish 1909 

fKelby, Charles Hendre 1899 

tKelby, Robert Hendre 1893 

jKelby, Thomas 1891 

Kelley, Frank Bergen 1904 

Kellogg, Luther Laflin 1909 

Kent, Jennie E 1908 

Kenyon, William Houston. . 1909 

Kerr, Walter 1909 

tKeteltas, Alice 1902 

Keys, Alice M 1905 

tKing, Ellen 1889 

fKing, George Gordon 1898 

tKing, John Alsop 1900 

Kirby, Thomas E 1910 

Kneale, Grace 1913 

Knox, John Clark 1912 

Kohler, Max J 1903 

Kohns, Lee 1909 

Koop, Eugene Jackson 1911 

Kunz, George F 1907 

Lacombe, E. Henry 1904 

Ladd, William Whitehead. .. 1907 



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fLa F6tra, Linnaeus Ed- 
ford, M.D 1906 

fLaimbeer, Francis E 1906 

Lakin, Herbert Conrad 1910 

Lambert, Adrian V. S 1910 

Lambert, Samuel W., M.D..1908 

Landon, Francis G 1909 

Lane, Francis Titus Lu- 

queer 1910 

^fLangdon, Woodbury G. . . .1878 

^fLanier, Charles 1857 

fLansing, Mrs. Abraham .... 1904 

Larkin, John 1895 

Lawrence, Richard Hoe 1900 

Lawrence, William Van 

Duzen 1906 

fLawson, Leonidas M 1874 

^Lawton, Mrs. James M 1900 

Lay, George C 1911 

Leaycraft, J. Edgar 1887 

tLe Boutillier, Charles 1896 

Leflferts, Charles M 1909 

fLetierts, Marshall C 1903 

. tLeland, Charles H 1879 

Lesher, Arthur L 1884 

Levy, Elias Henry 1881 

fLibbey, Jonas Marsh 1877 

fLibbey, William, jr 1880 

jLincoln, James M 1891 

Lindsay, John D 1904 

jLivingston, Mrs. D. McRa.1885 

fLivingston, William S 1879 

jLockman, De Witt M 189U 

Loewy, Benno 1894 

Long, E. McLean 1911 

fLoring, Daniel A 1887 

tLoubat, Joseph F 1871 

tLow, Joseph T 1901 

jLow, Seth 1890 

Lowerre, Charles 1910 

Ludlow, James B 1901 

fLummis, William 1877 

tLyall, Arthur V 1909 

tLydecker, Charles E 1909 

jLyncli, James D 1882 

tMcAlpin, Charles W 1902 

tMcBean, William M 1914 



MeCagg, Louis Butler 1900 

tMcClintock, Emory 1895 

McKay, Mrs. Nathaniel 1913 

tMcKesson, George Clinton.. 1873 

fMcKesson, Irving 1899 

fMcKesson, John, jr 1857 

fMcLean, Donald 1899 

McLellan, Hugh 1905 

McNulty, George W 1910 

tMacy, Nelson 1902 

Maginnis, William H 1905 

tMallet-Prevost, Severe 1901 

tMallet, Edward J 1856 

Marcus, Samuel 1909 

Marks, George Edwin 1896 

tMarling, Alfred E 1914 

tMarquand, Allan 1886 

tMarquand, Henry 1881 

Marsh, John Edward 1896 

tMarshall, Louis 1905 

Marston, Edwin S 1910 

Massey, George 1911 

Mather, Frederick G 1910 

May, Calvin S., M.D 1907 

Meeks, Edwin B 1889 

Mendenhall, Rev. Harlan G., 

D.D 1912 

tMerrall. Walter Herbert. .. 1909 

tMerritt, Douglas 1867 

Messenger, Maria Gerard. ... 1893 

Mildeberger, Mrs. John 1909 

Milhau, Louis J. de 1905 

tMiller, George MaccuUoch. . 1881 

tMilliken, David 1857 

Mills, Isaac N 1910 

Minton, Telfair M 1911 

fMiranda, Fernando 1911 

jMitchell, Albert M. P 1890 

tMitchell, Benjamin G 1902 

Moffat, R. Burnham 1898 

tMoldenke, Rev. Charles E..1886 
MoUer, Edwin Clarence. ,. .1908 

Moran, Charles 1903 

Morgan, Junius Spencer. .. .1902 

Morgenthau, Julius C 1906 

fMorison, John A 1867 

fMoritz, Isaac F 1911 



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Morris, Henry Lewis 1874 

tMorris, Newbold 1901 

tMorrison, David M 1857 

fMorrison, George Austin. . .1892 
Morrison, George Austin, jr. 1909 

fMorrison, William E 1857 

^Morton, Levi P 1855 

Moss, Frank 1905 

Mott, Hopper Striker 1902 

Mott, J. Varnum . 1910 

Mott, Lewis F 1907 

*tMount, Susan 1882 

Muir, Thomas 1911 

Munn, Charles Allen 1907 

Munsell, Charles E 1892 

Murray, J. Archibald 1885 

Muschenheim, William C...1909 
Myers, Edward 1896 

Nash, John McLean 1902 

tNelson, William 1893 

fNesbitt, George F 1857 

fNichols, Acosta 190.3 

Nichols, Mrs. Acosta 1910 

Nichols, Anthony Dey 1903 

tNichols, Effingham H 1892 

Nichols, George Livingston . . 1897 

Nicoll, Mrs. De Lancey 1906 

NicoU, Fancher 1909 

Noble, Francis L 1903 

tNorrie, Adam Gordon 1888 

fNorrie, Mrs. Adam Gor- 
don 1902 

tNorrie, Van Home, M.D..1888 

Norwood, Catherine 1909 

Norwood, Margaret Morris.. 1909 

tOakman, Walter G 1896 

O'Brien, Edward D 1910 

Odell, Hamilton 1863 

Ogden, Henry A 1893 

tOgden, William B 1887 

tOglesby, Mrs. Joseph H 1904 

Olcott, Eben E 1909 

tOlcott, J. Van Vechten 1897 

tOlcott, Mrs. J. Van Vechten.1903 
tOpdycke, Leon E 1888 



fOrvis, Charles Eustis 1903 

tOrvis, Edwin W 1903 

Osgood, Herbert L 1893 

tOsgood, John C 1890 

Ottinger, Albert 1911 

Oudin, Lucien 1900 

Outerbridge, Mrs. Adolphus J . 19 14 

fPage, Edward D 1893 

Paltsits, Victor Hugo 1907 

'^^fParish, Daniel, jr 1882 

Parish, Edward C 1908 

tParish, Henry 1901 

tParish, Wainwright 1901 

fParker, Mrs. Gilbert 1888 

Parker, Samuel Eugene 1907 

Parris, Edward L 1880 

fParsons, J. Lester 1908 

tParsons, John E 1901 

^fParsons, Mrs. John E 1877 

fParsons, William Decatur. .1895 
Partridge, George Homer. . . 1910 

fPeabody, Charles J 1907 

Peek, Charles E 1901 

fPeck, Guy Dayton 1895 

fPell, Howland 1889 

fPell, Howland Haggerty. . .1907 

Pell, Stephen H. P 1907 

fPelletreau, William S 1899 

fPenfold, Edmund 1852 

Perkins, George E 1909 

Perry, Alexander 1903 

Peters, Mrs. Edward Mc- 

Clure 1902 

f Peters, Samuel T 1886 

f Peters, William Richmond. 1904 

Phelan, Rev. Thomas P 1914 

Phillips, N. Taylor 1894 

^Phipps, Henry 1901 

'='tPhoDnix, Lloyd 1887 

^f Phoenix, Phillips 1887 

Piercy, Henry Clay 1909 

fPierson, J. Fred 1906 

Pinkus, Frederick S 1910 

Piatt, Frank H 1890 

Plympton, Gilbert Metier. . .1897 
fPorter, Frank Brinley 1907 



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Porter, Joseph L 1906 

tPost, Abram S 1884 

tPost, Henry A. V 1888 

Potter, Frederick 1902 

Powell, Wilson M IS65 

Pratt, Dallas B 1897 

tPrentice, William P 1867 

Preston, Lewis Butler 1901! 

Price, Frank 1913 

Proctor, William Ross 190i'' 

Pryer, Charles 1877 

Purdy, J. Harsen 1903 

fPyne, M. Taylor 1888 

Randell, James Wells 1905 

Rathbone, R. Bleecker 1912 

Rathbone, Robert C 1911 

tRaven, Anton A 1901 

fRead, Harmon Pumpelly. .1885 
tRead, John Meredith, jr.. 1885 

tRead, William A 1901 

tRedmond, Mrs. Henry S..1889 

tReed, Josiah H 1865 

Reid, Wallace 1904 

tRemsen, Margaret S 1909 

tRhinelander, Frederic W...1894 

Rhinelander, Philip 1890 

tRhinelander, Rt. Rev. Phil- 
ip Mercer, D.D 1888 

"^tRhinelander, Serena 1888 

Rhinelander, T. J. Oakley.. 1896 

tRich, Joseph S 1903 

Ridder, Herman 1909 

Riker, John Jackson 1891 

Riker, Samuel, jr 1911 

tRives, George L 1891 

tRoberts, Charles F., M.D...1907 

tRobinson, Andrew J 1909 

Robinson, Mrs. Douglas 1909 

tRoche, Rev. Spencer S 1887 

Rockefeller, John D., jr 1901 

tRoelker, Alfred 1882 

Rogers, Edward Kendall 1909 

Rogers, Edwin Howell 1907 

tRogers, William Beverley. .1913 

tRomaine, Louis T 1902 

Roosevelt, Franklin D 1906 



tRoosevelt, Robert B., jr.. 1890 

JRoosevelt, Theodore 1885 

Root, Elihu 1873 

Rosenbach, A. S. W 1910 

Rusch, Henry A 1898 

tRussell, Archibald D 1874 

tRussell, Charles Howland. .1884 
Rutherford, James William. 1908 
tRutter, Robert 1887 

tSabin, Joseph F 1892 

Sackett, Henry Woodward. .1904 

Samson, William H 1912 

tSanf ord, Henry G 1903 

tSanxay, Theodore F 1904 

Satterlee, F. Le Roy, M.D...1887 
tSatterlee, Herbert Living- 
ston 1909 

tSauer, Emil Herman 1910 

Sawyer, Philip 1901 

*tSchell, F. Robert 1867 

tSchell, Mrs. F. Robert. ... .1902 
Schermerhorn, Charles A... 1883 

tSchieffelin, Schuyler 1890 

tSchieffelin, William .Jay... 1904 

tSchiff, Jacob H 1889 

tSchmidt, Rudolph 1911 

Scrymser, James A 1910 

Scudder, Moses L 1897 

Scudder, Willard 1893 

tSeaman, Louis Livingston, 

M.D 1903 

Servoss, Henry Laidlaw 1909 

tSeton, Alfred L 1857 

tSeton, Robert, D.D 1883 

tSexton, Edward B 1908 

Seymour, Morris Woodruff .. 1895 

tSeymour, Origen S 1910 

Shaw, Frank D 1909 

Shelton, William Henry... 1910 

*tSherman, Charles A 1888 

tSherman, Mrs. Charles A.. 1902 

tSherman, Corinne A 1904 

tSlierman, George 1884 

tSherman, John T 1889 

tSherman, Thomas T 1911 

tSherwood, S. Clinton 1904 



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tShirley, Rufus George 11)0.) 

fShrady, John, M.D 1865 

tSiegel, Mrs. Henry 1902 

fSilliman, Harper 1904 

fSimmons, J. Ferris 1909 

tSimmons, Mrs. J. Ferris. .. 1903 

Sinclair, Charles D 1913 

tSistare, William H. M....1870 
Slade, Mrs. William Gerry.. 1903 

Slater, James 1909 

tSIawson, George L 1902 

Sloan, Samuel 1909 

tSloane, Charles W 1877 

tSloane, Thomas O'Conor. . .1877 

tSloane, William 1911 

'''tSloane, William D 1873 

tSloane, William Milligan. .1898 
tSlocum, Charles Elihu, 

M.D 1908 

Smedberg, Carl G 1909 

t Smith, Mrs. Charles Her- 
bert 1909 

tSmith, George Williamson, 

D.D 1900 

Smith, Hiram 1895 

tSmith, Isaac P 1905 

tSmith, J. Augustus 1904 

Smith, L. Bayard 1901 

tSmith, Spencer H 18G7 

tSmith, Stephen, M.D 1867 

tSmith, Thomas E. V 1888 

Smith, W. Schuyler 1909 

Smyth, Herbert C 1896 

Snell, Thomas 1906 

Snook, T. Edward 1907 

Snook, Thomas E., jr 1910 

Spadone, Henry 1911 

Spears, Harry D 1895 

^tSpeyer, James 1901 

Spooner, John C 1909 

Stanton, John R 1909 

Stanton, Mrs. John R 1909 

tSteers, James R 1897 

tSteinway, William R 1909 

tSterling, Charles Burr 1897 

tSterry, John De Witt.... 1907 
tStevens, Alexander H 1907 



tStevens, Byam Kerby, jr.. .1909 
■^tStevens, Mrs. Byam Kerby 1912 

tStevens, Frederic W 1903 

tStevens. William Dixon 1909 

tSteward, John, jr 1857 

Stewart, John A 1850 

Stewart, Wm. Rhinelander. . 1894 

Stiger, Eckel Morris 1911 

tStillman, James 1887 

Stilhvell, John Edwin, M.D..1901 
tStimson, Daniel M., M.D..1903 

tStokes, I. N. Phelps 1900 

tStokes, James 1864 

^tStorm, Clarence 1902 

tStout, Andrew Varick 1909 

tStraus, Oscar S 1884 

Struthers, J. Walter Wood. .1907 

Struthers, Robert, jr 1909 

tStuart, Mrs. Malcolm 1903 

'^'tSturges, Frederick 1880 

Sturges, Henry C 1874 

tSturges, Rev. Isaac C 1904 

Sturgis, Frank K 1900 

Sturgis, Mrs. Frank K 1900 

tStuyvesant, A. Van Home. 1857 
*tStuyvesant, Robert V. R..1857 

tSuckley, Robert B 1896 

tSuydam, Emily Halsey 1906 

Suydam, Lambert 1909 

tSuydam, Walter L 1903 

tSwan, Edward H., jr 1881 

tSwan, Otis D 1850 

tSwords, Henry Cotheal.. . . 1911 

Taggart, Rush 1909 

tTailer, Edward Neufville. .1898 

Taintor, Charles N 1905 

Taintor, Frances Russell. .. .1910 

Taliaferro, Whitmell T 1909 

tTaylor, George C 1857 

tTaylor, Henry R 1905 

tTaylor, Theodorus B 1851 

tTaylor, Willard U 1910 

Tenney, Charles H 1903 

Tenney, Daniel G 1895 

tTerhune. Thomas 1861 

tTerry, Roderick, D.D 1882 



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Thomas, William Sturgis, 

M.D 1909 

*tThompson, Mrs. Frederick 

F 1901 

Thompson, Mrs. Joseph Tod- 
hunter 1909 

Thompson, Walter, D.D 1906 

tThompson, Walter Ledyard.1896 

tThorne, Edwin 1906 

fThorne, Jonathan 1857 

Thome, Robert 1906 

fThorne, Samuel 1902 

fThorne, Samuel, jr 1906 

fThorne, Victor Corse, M.D. 1906 
fThorne, Wm. Van Schoon- 

hoven 1897 

fTiemann, Hermann N 1899 

^f Tilf ord, Frank 1902 

f Tolles, Brainard 1901 

fTomkins, Calvin 1905 

Tomlinson, John C 1907 

Tompkins, Hamilton B 1874 

Totten, John R 1914 

Totten, William H. B 1897 

Towne, Paul R 1904 

Townsend, Howard 1890 

f Tracy, Ira Otis, M.D 1911 

f Treat, Erastus B 1893 

f Trevor, Henry Graff 1893 

Truesdale, William H 1908 

f Tuck, Edward 1877 

f Tucker, Edwin 1900 

f Tucker, Walter Curtis 1900 

fTully, A. C 1907 

Turner, Emory S 1909 

Ulmann, Albert 1903 

f Underbill, Frederic E 1906 

fVan Alstyne, Lawrence. . . .1895 
Van Amringe, John Howard. 1903 

•fVanderbilt, George W 1884 

^f Vanderbilt, William K. . . . 1878 

Vanderpoel, George B 1910 

fVander Veer, Albert, M.D..1905 
Van De Water, George R., 
D.D 1904 



fVan Duzer, Henry S 1911 

f Van Nest, Mrs. Alexander T . 1902 
Van Rensselaer, A. Cortlandt .1898 
fVan Rensselaer, Mrs. John 

King 1898 

Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuy- 
ler 1902 

fVan Schaick, John B 1908 

fVan Slyck, George W 1871 

Vedder, John C 1909 

Ver Planck, William G 1896 

Villard, Oswald Garrison 1898 

f Vincent, Marvin R., D.D... 1901 
Voorhis, Caspar J 1909 

Waddington, George 1890 

f Wagner, Frederic C 1903 

Wainwright, William P 1910 

Wait, William Bell, jr 1893 

Wales, Charles M 1909 

f Walker, Alexander 1903 

Walker, I. Henry 1910 

fWalker, Rt. Rev. Wm. D., 

D.D 1865 

f Walsh, James J., M.D....1908 
Wandell, Francis Livingston. 1904 

fWard, Henry Marion 1901 

fWard, J. Otis 1861 

fWard, Violet M. E. G. McK.1908 

Warren, Charles Elliot 1910 

Warren, Pelham Winslow. .1909 

fWaterbury, John 1 1894 

*f Watson, Mrs. John Henry. 1903 

Wayland, John Elton 1909 

fWebb, Wm. Seward, M.D..1882 

Webber, Richard, jr 1913 

f Webster, David, M.D 1889 

f Webster, Mrs. Sidney 1911 

fWedemeyer, Arnold J. D...1885 

fWeekes, Alice Delano 1900 

Weekes, Arthur Delano 1909 

fWeekes, Frederic Delano.. 19 11 
f Weekes, Henry de Forest.. 1895 

fWeekes, John Abeel 1883 

f Welch, Alexander M 1896 

f Welles, Edgar T 1889 

Welles, Mrs. John 1902 



ANNUAL, AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



75 



t Wendell, Evert Jansen 1900 

tWentz, James Griswold... . .1909 

Wentz, Theodore 1908 

Werner, Adolph 1865 

Wetherbee, Gardner 1909 

tWetmore, Charles H 1858 

Wetmore, Edmund 1907 

tWetmore, George Peabody.1875 

tWheeler, Everett P 1863 

Whitaker, John E 1902 

t White, Alain C 1903 

White, Horace 1909 

White, John Jay, jr 1902 

tWhite, Wm. Augustus 1857 

Whitfield, Virginia M, von 

Leuvenigh 1909 

fWhitney, Charles A 1886 

Whitridge, Frederick W 1886 

tWhittaker, Thomas 1879 

Wiener, Frank 1896 

Wilbour, Victor 1909 

tWilkinson, James 1887 

tWilliams, David 1882 

Wills, Charles T 1902 

t Wilson, M. Orme 1902 



fWinthrop, Benjamin R 1857 

Winthrop, Bronson 1912 

fWinthrop, Egerton Leigh . . 1857 

fWinthrop, Grenville L 1893 

fWinthrop, William Neilson.1857 
fWitthaus, Rudolph A., M.D.1862 

f Wodell, Silas 1906 

fWood, Arthur King 1901 

fWood, Charles F 1892 

fWood, Mrs. Isaac F 1878 

Wood, Mrs. Wm. Benjamin. .1913 
t Woodman, Nora Durand. . . 1913 

f Woodruff, Baker 1857 

fWoodruff, Francis E 1898 

Worthington, Charles C....1911 

t Wright, John M 1857 

Wright, Tobias A 1911 

f Wyckoff, William F 1901 

Yereance, James 1909 

fYork, Edward Palmer 1902 

t Youngs, Florence Evelyn.. 19 10 

f Zabriskie, Andrew C 1881 

Zabriskie, Frederic C 1913 



Note. — In the preceding list, a dagger (f ) before the name indi- 
cates a Life Member, $ an Honorary Member, * Patron, ^ Fellow. 



THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Founded Novembeb 20, 1804. Organized January 14, 1805. 



PRESIDENTS. 

Egbert Benson, LL.D 1805-1815 

gouverneur morris 1816 

DeWitt Clinton, LL.D 1817-1819 

David Hosack, M.D., LL.D 1820-1827 

James Kent, LL.D 1828-1831 

Morgan Lewis 1832-1835 

Peter Gerard Stuyvesant 1836-1839 

Peter Augustus Jay, LL.D 1840-1842 

Albert Gallatin, LL.D 1843-1849 

Luther Bradish, LL.D 1850-1863 

Frederic de Peyster, LL.D 1864-1866 

fLvMiLTON Fish, LL.D 1867-1869 

Thomas DeWitt, D.D 1869-1871 

Augustus Schell 1872 

Frederic de Peysteh, LL.D 1873-1882 

Augustus Schell 1883-1884 

Benjamin Hazard Field 1885-1886 

John Alsop King 1887-1900 

Eugene Augustus Hoff.\ian, D.D., LL.D 1901-1902 

Samuel Verplanck Hoffman 1903-1913 

John Abeel Weekes 1913- 



Membership. 

Members, on their election, pay an initiation 
fee of Twenty Dollars, which includes dues for 
the current year, and annually thereafter Ten 
Dollars as dues ; or a life-membership fee of One 
Hundred Dollars, in lieu of all other dues and 
fees. 

Nominations are to be sent by members to 
the Recording Secretary. 

JVIembers have the privilege of introducing 
visitors to the rooms of the Society by their card 
or a note, and of bringing two persons with them 
to the monthly meetings. 

The contribution of five thousand dollars to 
the funds of the Society shall entitle the person 
giving the same to be elected a Patron of the 
Society in perpetuity. 

The contribution of one thousand dollars shall 
entitle the person giving the same to be elected 
a Fellow for life. 



THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

(Founded 1804) 
Central Park West, 76th to 77th Streets 



THE ART GALLERIES AND MUSEUM 

Open to the Public Daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Sundays Excepted 

Library Hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Open on Holidays from 1 to 5 p. m., excepting 
Christmas, New Year and July 4th 

Closed during August for cleaning and repairs 



FORM OF A BEQUEST. 

I Give and bequeath to " The New- York 
Historical Society," founded in the year 
1804, and incorporated by the Legislature of 
New-York in the year 1809, the sum of 
dollars. 



